His surname was really Rusconi, but Diana is used in the signatures on his paintings. He seems to have been trained in the tradition of Gentile Bellini.
Benedetto Diana
active 1482; died 1525
Paintings by Benedetto Diana
Immediately identifiable by his long hair, beard and gesture of blessing, this kind of small close-up ‘portrait’ of Christ was hugely popular as an object of private devotion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Such portraits were produced in a number of painters' workshops both north and s...
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