- Vincenzo Foppa
Vincenzo Foppa (c. 1430 – c. 1515) was a Northern-Italian
Renaissance painter.He was an elderly contemporary of
Leonardo da Vinci . Born atBagnolo Mella , nearBrescia in theRepublic of Venice , he settled inPavia around 1456, serving the dukes ofMilan and emerging as one of the most prominent Lombard painters. Foppa returned to Brescia in 1489. His style shows affinities toAndrea del Castagno andCarlo Crivelli .Vasari claimed he had trained inPadua , where he may have been strongly influenced byMantegna .During his lifetime, he was highly acclaimed, especially for his skill in perspective and foreshortening. His important works include a
fresco in the Brera Gallery ofMilan , the "Martyrdom of St. Sebastian", and a "Crucifixion" (1435) in theAccademia Carrara ofBergamo . Many of his works have been lost. He was influential in the styles ofVincenzo Civerchio andGirolamo Romanino .ources
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*cite book | first= Sydney J.| last= Freedberg| year=1993| title= Painting in Italy, 1500-1600| pages= p. 360 |publisher=Penguin BooksExternal links
* [http://www.galleryofart.us/Vincenzo_Foppa/ Vincenzo Foppa At Gallery of Art]
* [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/b/borgogno/biograph.html| Web Gallery of Art biography]
*cite book | author= Federico Nicoli Cristiani | year=1807| title= Della Vita delle pitture di Lattanzio Gambara; Memorie Storiche aggiuntevi brevi notizie intorno a' più celebri ed eccelenti pittori Bresciani| chapter= | editor= | others= | pages= pages 157-159| publisher= Spinelli e Valgiti, Brescia| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?id=FF0GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11&dq=Federico+Nicoli+Cristiani| authorlink=
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