_Boccaccio Boccaccino_ (Cremonese: about 1460-1525).
Boccaccino was a native of Cremona, where many of his works are
still preserved. "All that is best in his art," says Morelli,
"he derived from the school of the Bellini." In the Venetian
Academy is a beautiful "mystic marriage of St. Catherine"
which is signed by him. He is a painter, says Kugler, "of very
distinct individuality, and may be easily recognised by the
peculiar type and expression of his figures, and especially by
his women, who generally have much grace and beauty. One of
his characteristics is a light-grey eye with a dark rim." This
picture is "not characteristic of Boccaccino's manner, and is
probably by another hand" (ii. 389).
For some remarks on the subject of this picture see under 1143.