Bernardino di Betto, chamado Pinturicchio (1454 – 1513): A Renaissance Master Embracing Grace and Detail Bernardino Pinturicchio, or Pintoricchio whose birth name was Bernardino di Betto, also known as Benetto di Biagio or Sordicchio, was an Italian painter during the Renaissance. He acquired his nickname (meaning “little painter”) because of his diminutive stature and he used it to sign some of his 15th and 16th-century artworks. Pinturicchio’s life unfolded during a period of immense cultural ferment—the High Renaissance blossoming across Italy—yet he carved out a unique path, one that ble…