ZAGANELLI, Bernardino di Bosio - b. ~1465 Cotignola, d. 1510 Cotignola

Italian painter, also called Bernardino da Cotignola. He shared a workshop in Cotignola with his brother Francesco di Bosio Zaganelli. Their first known joint work was the Virgin and Child Enthroned with SS John the Baptist and Florian and Three Angels (signed and dated 1499; Milan, Pinacoteca di Brera). Their last, the Holy Family (1509; Bergamo, Galleria Accademia Carrara), is unusual in the prominence accorded to St Joseph. The fan-shaped trees that rise above the wooded landscape in this painting are also found in the one work definitely assigned solely to Bernardino, St Sebastian (signed and dated 1506; London, National Gallery, together with the original lunette).

After Bernardino’s death Francesco responded to new stimuli, including German woodcuts.