Borgognone

Borgognone, AMBROGIO, a Milanese painter, whose real name was Ambrogio Stefani de Fossano. The assertion that he designed the façade of the Certosa of Pavia in 1473 is very doubtful; but he is known to have been working upon frescoes there in 1490, and the series, in which he was aided by his brother, Bernardino, is so extensive that it must have occupied many years. He returned to Milan in 1494; painted the tribune of the Incoronata, Lodi, 1497; and in 1508 produced an altarpiece, still in San Spirito, Bergamo. His latest undoubted work was a 'Coronation of the Virgin,' in San Simpliciano, Milan, 1524. His devotional subjects are characterised by a gentleness and a measured calm; but in treating dramatic incident he is frequently forced and exaggerated.