ANTONIO

See also:

• VIVARINI

VIVARINI (Antonio of

See also:

• MURANO (anc. Ammariuno)

Murano)  was probably the earliest of this family . He came from the school of Andrea da Murano, and his works show the influence of Gentile da Fabriano . The earliest known date of a picture of his, an altar-piece in the Venetian academy, is 1440; the latest, in the Lateran museum, 1464, but he appears to have been alive in 1470 . He worked in company with a certain " Joannes de Alemania," who has been (with considerable doubt) regarded as a brother (Giovanni of Murano), but no trace of this painter exists of a date later than 1447 . After 1447 Antonio painted either alone or in combination with his younger brother Bartolommeo . The works of Antonio are well drawn for their epoch, with a certain noticeable degree of softness, and with good flesh and other tints . Three of his principal paintings are the " Virgin Enthroned with the Four Doctors of the Church," the Coronation of the Virgin," and " Sts Peter and Jerome." The first two (in which Giovanni co-operated) are in the Venetian academy, the third in the National Gallery, London . This gallery contains also specimens of the two under-named painters .