Ippolito del Donzello

Ippolito del Donzello(1455 –?) was anItalianpainter and architect of theQuattrocento,active mainly inNaples.

Biography

Ippolito (or Polito) and his half-brotherPierowere the sons of Francesco d'Antonio di Jacopo,bailiff('donzello') of theSignoria of Florence,and were both born in that city — Piero in 1451, and Ippolito in 1455.

Ippolito was the pupil ofNeri di Biccifrom 1469 to 1471, and the brothers were companions in the same atelier in Florence up to 1480. In 1481, or soon after, they went to Naples to decorate the palace ofPoggio Reale,which was then being built forAlfonso I,from the designs ofGiuliano da Majano,and it is not unlikely that Ippolito died in that city, but the death of Ippolito is not registered. Ippolito and Pietro both assistedAntonio Solario,called II Zingaro, in the frescoes in the cloisters of the monastery ofSan Severinoat Naples, and in theNational Museum of Capodimonteare twoCrucifixionsand a 'Virgin and Child with Saints,' and other paintings assigned to them. They also served as architects in Naples.

References

Attribution:

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Bryan, Michael(1886)."Donzello, Piero and Ippolito".In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.).Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K).Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.