Raffaellino del Colle (1490–1566) was an ItalianMannerist painter active mostly inUmbria. He was born in the frazione of Colle inBorgo Sansepolcro, province of Arezzo,Tuscany, Italy.
He is also calledRaffaellino della Colle orRaffaello dal Colle. Raffaellino was a pupil ofRaphael, whom he is held to have assisted in the decoration of theFarnesina and of the stanze in theVatican Palace. After Raphael's death, Raffaellino continued working in the Vatican, helping complete theSala di Constantino though now under the direction ofGiulio Romano. After the 1527Sack of Rome, like most of Romano's studio and most of the foreign art community, Raffaellino and other artists dispersed through Italy, most returning to their home cities. Rafaellino went toCittà di Castello, near his birthplace, where he painted altar-pieces for the principal churches, which are now mostly to be found in that town's Municipal Art Gallery.[1] He also worked in Borgo San Sepolcro. He worked for the service DukeDella Rovere inUrbino from 1539 to 1543. He also worked withGirolamo Genga, decorating theCamera dei Semibusti,Sala della Calunnia, andCabinet of Hercules of theVilla Imperiale of Pesaro forFrancesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. InPerugia, he worked at theRocca Paolina (1540). In 1536, Vasari commissioned from Raffaellino some ephemeral street decorations to celebrate the entry ofCharles V intoFlorence.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Della Colle, Raffaellino".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 965.
The life of Raffaellino del Colle.
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