Master of the Greenville Tondo explained

The Master of the Greenville Tondo is the notname for an Italian painter who was active between ca. 1454 and 1513. He is named after a tondo in the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery in Greenville, South Carolina.^[1]

He was probably from Tuscany or Umbria^[2] and was a follower of Pietro Perugino, according to art historians Federico Zeri and Everett Fahy. More than twenty works have been attributed to the painter.

Works

• Madonna and Child with Angels, Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
• Adoration of the Christ Child by Mary and Joseph, Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida (this work is also known as the Jonas Nativity)
• Madonna and Child with the young Saint John the Baptist and two angels, sold at Sotheby's in 2011 for $30,000^[3]
• Altarpiece in the church of Santa Cristina in Pancole, Greve in Chianti
• Madonna and Child with Two Angels, Ca' d'Oro, Venice
• Saint Sebastian, Princeton University Art Museum
• Saint Sebastian, New Jersey State Museum
• Virgin Praying, current location unknown
• Holy Family with Infant St. John the Baptist in a Landscape, Walters Art Museum

Notes and References

1. Web site: Master Of The Greenville Tondo. Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida. 9 August 2017.
2. Web site: Saint Sebastian. Princeton University Art Museum. 9 August 2017.
3. Web site: Master of the Greenville Tondo. Sotheby's New York. 9 August 2017. January 2011.