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Giovanni Pietro da Birago

Also known as: Giovanni Pietro da Birago; primary name: Birago, Giovanni Pietro da; other name: Master of the Sforza Book of Hours
Details: individual; printmaker; painter/draughtsman; Italian; Male
Other dates: 1470-1513 (fl.)
Biography: Miniature painter and engraver. Worked in Milan for the Sforza court, painting the Sforza Hours for the dowager duchess Bona 1486/94. Hind catalogues nine plates under the name Master of the Sforza Hours (Hours of Bona Sforza = BL Add.Ms.34294). For the identification, see Jay A.Levenson et al. 'Early Italian Engravings from the National Gallery of Art', Washington 1973, pp.272-3.
Bibliography: Hind (9 nos) Mark Evans, Apollo March 2001, pp.3-12 (influences on and from the Sforza Hours)

18 related objects

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1845,0825.679 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1852,0612.114 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 After:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print

Museum number: 1895,0915.96 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1845,0825.686 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1852,0612.115 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 After:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1834,0804.340 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print

Museum number: 1982,U.3257 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print

Title: F Sforza Mediol Dux |
Museum number: 1861,1109.622 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Robert LewisPublished by:Payne and Foss |
Production date: 1829

print

Museum number: 1845,0825.237 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1845,0825.682 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1919,0616.7 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 After:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1845,0825.677 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1845,0825.687 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1845,0825.684 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print

Museum number: 1895,0915.78 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1845,0825.688 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1845,0825.685 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1845,0825.678 |
Producer name: BIOG56853 Print made by:Giovanni Pietro da Birago |
Production date: 1490-1515