Fra Carnevale was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the Quattrocento

Quattrocento

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, active mainly in Urbino

Urbino

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He is cited by a number of names including Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini, Bartolomeo Coradini and Fra' Carnevale.

He was born in Urbino, and entered the order of Dominicans

Dominican Order

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 in 1449 under the name of Fra’ Carnevale or Carnovale. He was a pupil of the Ferrarese

Ferrara

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 painter Antonio Alberti

Antonio Alberti

Antonio Alberti was an Italian painter, active mainly in 15th century in his native city of Ferrara, as well as Bologna and Urbino.He painted portraits and devotional topics. For the sacristy of the church of San Bernardino, outside Urbino, he painted a Madonna and Child enthroned...

. Farquhar claims he was the teacher of Giovanni Santi

Giovanni Santi

Giovanni Santi was an Italian painter and decorator, father of Raphael. He was born at Colbordolo in the Duchy of Urbino. He was a petty merchant for a time; he then studied under Piero della Francesca. He was influenced by Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, and seems to have been an assistant and friend of...

. Between 1445-1446, he worked in the studio of Filippo Lippi

Filippo Lippi

Fra' Filippo Lippi , also called Lippo Lippi, was an Italian painter of the Italian Quattrocento .-Biography and works:...

 in Florence

Florence

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. He is cited by Vasari in his Vite as Carnovale da Urbino. He also was an architect for the portals of San Domenico in Urbino.

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