Francesco Squarcione
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Staatliche Museen
, BerlinFrancesco Squarcione (c. 1395 – after 1468) was an Italian artist from
Cosimo Tura and Carlo Crivelli. There are only two works signed by him: the Madonna and Child (now in Berlin) and the Lazara Altarpiece
(now in Padua).
Biography
Squarcione, whose original vocation was tailoring, appears to have had a remarkable enthusiasm for ancient art, and a faculty for acting. Squarcione was interested in
Latin language and instructed him to study fragments of Roman sculpture
.
Squarcione's Polyptych of Lazarus, originally in the
Museo Civici di Padua
at the former Eremitani monastery.
Pupils or followers of Squarcione include Francesco Verla, Pietro Calzetta, and Andrea Bellunello.
References
- ^ "Padua". Oxford Art Online.
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