Martino Da Modena, Possibly Son Of Giorgio D'alemagna
Martino Da Modena, Possibly Son Of Giorgio D'alemagna;Martino Da Modena
Place: Modena
Death: 1489
Biography:
Martino da Modena was an Italian illuminator active in Modena, Bologna, and Ferrara between 1470 and 1489. He is possibly the son of Giorgio d'Alemagna, a German artist settled in Modena and Ferrara. Martino may have traveled to Venice in the early 1470s, where he was exposed to the works of Andrea Mantegna and participated in the decoration of several manuscripts for Venetian patrons. Upon his return to Emilia-Romagna, he collaborated with his father on two psalters belonging to a set of liturgical books for the Modena Cathedral between 1473-1476. His major commission was the decoration of seven large liturgical books for the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, which had been left unfinished by Taddeo Crivelli in 1476. In addition to these ecclesiastical commissions, he also decorated works for Hercules I d'Este or his son Hippolyte I d'Este. He appears one last time in the archives as a witness during a trial in Ferrara in October 1489 and likely died shortly thereafter.