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Cortese, Cristoforo, approximately 1367-approximately 1445


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    • Cortese, Cristoforo, ca. 1367-ca. 1445
    • Cortesi, Cristoforo de', approximately 1367-approximately 1445
    • Cortesio, Cristoforo di, approximately 1367-approximately 1445
    • Cortisiis, Christophorus de, approximately 1367-approximately 1445
    • Cristoforo, de' Cortesi, approximately 1367-approximately 1445
    • Cristoforo, di Cortesio, approximately 1367-approximately 1445
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    • Birth Date

        1367~
    • Death Date

        1445~
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    • Cortese, Cristoforo, ca. 1367-ca. 1445
  • Sources

    • found: Arte in Lombardia, tra gotico e rinascimento, 1988:p. 230 (Cristoforo Cortese; Venezia; ca. 1367-ca. 1445; name appears first in a Mariegola in Venice written between 1367 and 1399; his only signed work a miniature in the Wildenstein Collection in the Musée Marmottan in Paris)
    • found: Diz. biografico degli italiani, 1983:v. 29, p. 716 (Cortese (de' Cortesi, Cortesio) Cristoforo; Venetian artist active first half of 15th century; around 1430 executed a miniature in a nun's prayerbook; d. by Nov. 16, 1445)
    • found: Dict. des miniaturistes, 1940:p. 49 (Cortesi, Cristoforo de; Christophorus de Cortisiis; Cristoforo di Cortesio; indicated in a Venetian document of 1409 as Christophorus de Cortisiis pictor; a Cristoforo di Cortesio of Venice gave notice on Sept. 23, 1425 of his arrival in Bologna and intention to stay)
    • found: Dict. of art, 1996:v. 7, p. 903 (Cortese, Cristoforo; fl. Venice, ca. 1399-before 1445; first mentioned in the Mariegola of the Scuola di S Caterina dei Sacchi, Venice, written around the turn of the 15th century)
    • found: Thieme-Becker, 1913:v. 8, p. 120 (Cristoforo de'Cortesi (di Cortesio); Venetian miniaturist; active in Bologna between 1360 and 1371; mentioned in a Venetian document of 1409)
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    • 1998-08-07: new
    • 2013-03-11: revised
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