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Bernardino Fungai

1460 - probably 1516

He was baptised Bernardino Cristofano di Nicholo d'Antonio di Pietro da Fonghaia; Fungaia is near Siena. He is mentioned as a pupil of Benvenuto di Giovanni in 1482. Various paintings are currently ascribed to Fungai, who appears to have been eclectic in style.

Paintings by Bernardino Fungai

The Virgin and Child with Cherubim
The Virgin and Child with Cherubim
Bernardino Fungai
This painting combines the intense use of gilded decorative pattern favoured by the artists of Fungai’s hometown, Siena, with a more freely painted landscape background inspired by his Umbrian contemporaries, like Perugino.The Virgin Mary embraces the infant Christ. The dazzling gold and white cl...
Not on display