Match the Names

 

Many famous artists are known by nicknames or pseudonyms that followed them into the art history books.  This is especially true of Italian artists from the Renaissance.  Can you match the real names of these artists with their famous nicknames?   Answers are below.

1.  Jerome van Aken
2.  Michelangelo Merisi
3.  Domenikos Theotocopoulos
4.  Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone
5.  Tiziano Vecellio
6.  Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi
7.  Jacopo Robusti
8.  Antonio Allegri
9.  Paolo Caliari
10.  Claude Gellee		 A.  Lorrain
B.  Masaccio
C.  Caravaggio
D.  Sandro Boticelli
E.  Veronese
F.  Tintoretto
G.  Hieronymus Bosch
H.  El Greco
I.    Correggio
J.   Titian

Hints

Lorrain is a place name, a region in France known for its pastries.  At the age of 12 this artist from Lorrain was employed as a pastry chef in the house of the Italian painter Agostino Tassi. 
Masaccio means something like "Sloppy Tom" in Italian. This Florentine painter was known for both his innovative frescoes and his messy appearance.
Caravaggio is also a place name, a town near Bergamo in Italy.  This artist's lighting style became a major influence on other Baroque painters. 
Botticelli means "little barrel" in Italian.  This Florentine painter and Medici family favorite was originally apprenticed under a goldsmith, "Botticello," known  for his cylindrical body shape.  In another account the "little barrel" nickname was given to the artist's older brother but became adopted as the family surname. 
Veronese is a version of a place name.  This Venetian painter was born and trained in Verona, Italy, and was known for his huge canvas "Christ in the House of Levi." 
Tintoretto is an occupational nickname.  This artist's father was a fabric dyer (tintore), so tintoretto means "little dyer." He was one of the most successful Venetian painters from the generation after Titian's death, and known for his dramatic use of one-point perspective. 
Hieronymus is a latinization of the name Jerome, and Bosch is a shortening of the Netherlandish town Hertogensbosch in northern Brabant where this painter lived. 
El Greco means "the Greek" in Spanish.  This artist went from his native Crete to Venice, then to Rome, then to Spain where he spent the rest of his life painting. 
Correggio is another place name.  This painter of the famous "Jupiter and Io" was named for the small town in Emilia (Northern Italy) where he was born. 
Titian is simply an anglicization (English adaptation) of this Italian first name.  This artist dominated Venetian painting for almost a half-century.

 

Answers

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