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Bernardino Fungai, born September 14, 1460 in Siena, was an Italian painter known for his art, which represents the transition from International Gothic to the Early Renaissance. Among the little information about his artistic life, we know that at the age of twenty-two he worked in the workshop of Benvenuto di Giovanni. Read the full biography

Bernardino Fungai, born September 14, 1460 in Siena, was an Italian painter known for his art, which represents the transition from International Gothic to the Early Renaissance. Among the little information about his artistic life, we know that at the age of twenty-two he worked in the workshop of Benvenuto di Giovanni. His most famous work is the frescoes for the dome of Siena Cathedral, which he painted around 1490. In 1484, he is thought to have visited and worked in Rome, together with Perugino and Antoniazzo Romano, on the occasion of his rise to power. papal throne of Innocent VIII. In 1494, he was called to paint pictures to celebrate the arrival of the king of France, Charles VIII, in Siena. He died in Siena in 1516.