Bernardino Mezzastris
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Bernardino (or Belardino) Mezzastris (or Mezastris) (fl. 1st half of the 16th century), Italian painter of the Umbrian school, probably from Foligno in Umbria. He was a minor artist: some of his frescoes on religious subjects survive, but garner little critical acclaim. He should not be confused with the much more important Pier Antonio Mezzastris, who was likely a relative, possibly his father.
Works by Bernardino Mezzastris include:
- Madonna and Child with angels in a rose garden, in the church of S. Illuminata of Montefalco, signed and dated 1507
- a fresco in the Chiesa Tonda of Spello, signed and dated 1533
- detached frescoes now in the Pinacoteca Civica of Foligno.
