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Albertinelli,
Mariotto |
| Florentine painter,
trained by Cosimo Rosselli, in whose studio he met
Fra Bartolomeo. The two
went into partnership in 1508, but soon after this Albertinelli temporarily
abandoned painting to become an innkeeper, saying (according to Vasari)
that he was fed up with criticism and wanted a 'less difficult and more
cheerful craft'. Vasari also says he was a 'restless man, a follower of
Venus, and a good liver.' His paintings are elegant but rather insipid.
His best work is the Visitation (1503) in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. |