Bernardino licinio biography of rory

Bernardino Licinio (c. 1489 in Poscante – 1565) was an Italian High Renaissance painter of Venice and Lombardy. He mainly painted portraits and religious canvases.

Life

Bernardino was the second son of ser Antonio Licino, part of a family from the municipality of Poscante in Bergamo.

Bernardino licinio biography of rory

The first son was Arrigo or Rigo, the third (Zuane Battista) became a priest of the church of San Cassiano in Venice and the fourth (Niccolò) was also a parish priest of the church of San Biagio in Venice. From the information about his brothers, it can be deduced that Bernardino was born around 1489.

In 1511 it appears he was already orphaned by his father and working as a painter. Bernardino and Arrigo so