Garofalo or Benvenuto Tisi (1481 – 1559)

• Was an Italian painter of the School of Ferrara.
• Garofalo's career began attached to the court of the Duke d'Este.
• His early works have been described as "idyllic", but they often conform to the elaborate conceits favored by the artistically refined Ferrarese court.
• His nickname, Garofalo, may derive from his habit of signing some works with a picture of a carnation (in Italian, garofano).
• Born in Canaro near Ferrara.
• Tisi is claimed to have apprenticed under Panetti and perhaps Costa and was a contemporary, and sometimes collaborator with Dosso Dossi.
• In 1495 he worked at Cremona under his maternal uncle Niccolò Soriano, and at the school of Boccaccino.
• The displayed painting is a crop from An Allegory of Love, probably about 1527-39.
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Garofalo. An Allegory of Love, probably about 1527-39

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-2019.

Garofalo, An Allegory of Love, probably about 1527-39

Garofalo, The Vision of Saint Augustine, about 1520

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-2019.

Garofalo, The Vision of Saint Augustine, about 1520

Garofalo, The Virgin Adoring the Christ Child with Angels Holding the Instruments of the Passion, 1517

Original, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Visited in 2018

Garofalo, Evening (Diana and Endymion), c. 1545-50

Original, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Visited in 2018.

Garofalo, The Triumph of Bacchus, 1540

Original, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Visited in 2018

Garofalo, The Triumph of Bacchus, 1540

Garofalo, Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet, c. 1520-1525

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-18.

Garofalo, Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet, c. 1520-1525

Garofalo, St Martin Dividing his Cloak, ca. 1517-20

Original, The Pinakotheken, Munich. Visited in 2019.

Garofalo, St Martin Dividing his Cloak, ca. 1517-20

Garofalo, The Resurrection of Christ, 1520

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2018-2020.

Garofalo, The Resurrection of Christ, 1520

Garofalo, Holy Family with St. Anne, ca. 1530

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Garofalo, Holy Family with St. Anne, ca. 1530

Garofalo, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving a Child, ca. 1530

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Garofalo, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving a Child, ca. 1530

Garofalo, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving Reviving the Birds, ca. 1530.

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Garofalo, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving Reviving the Birds, ca. 1530.

Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo), Madonna and Child with St. Jerome, about 1530

Original, Dallas Museum of Art. Visited in 2020.

Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo), Madonna and Child with St. Jerome, about 1530