Giorgio Schiavone

Madonna and Child, c. 1459-1460, oil on panel, Walters Art Museum Juraj Ćulinović (; ; 1433/1436 – 6 December 1504) was a Dalmatian Renaissance painter, active in North Italy and Dalmatia. He is considered the most important Dalmatian painter of the 15th century.

Name

While in Italy, he usually signed his name as Sclavonus, or in some cases Georgius Dalmaticus. He is best known today as Giorgio Schiavone or Giorgio di Tomaso Schiavone.

Biography

Born in Skradin, young Juraj probably received his first painting lessons while still in Dalmatia, from Dujam Vušković when that artist was in Šibenik (1448–52) working on a polyptych for the cathedral commissioned by the nobleman Juraj Radoslavčić.

He moved to Italy in 1456, and signed a contract to assist Francesco Squarcione in his Padua studio. After a few years he left Squarcione's workshop, without repaying his debt to the teacher and taking several of his drawings with him. His paintings of the time show the influence of Donatello and Andrea Mantegna,

Five of his works were signed: polyptych from the church of St. Nicholas in Padua (now in the National Gallery, London) polyptych from the church of St. Francis of Padua (middle section is in the Bode Museum, Berlin; the two side panels in the Padua Cathedral) Blessed Virgin Mary with Child (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore) Portrait of a Man (Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris).