Francesco Morone

Italian painter
Samson and Delilah. Milan, Museo Poldi Pezzoli.

Francesco Morone (1471 – 16 May 1529) was an Italian painter, active in his native city of Verona in a Renaissance style. He was the son of the Veronese painter Domenico Morone.[1] The art biographer Vasari praised his frescoes (1505-7) for the cupola of the sacristy in Santa Maria in Organo, Verona. He also painted the organ shutters in that church. Paolo Cavazzola was said to have been a pupil, but may have more aptly worked with one of his family members.[2]

Works

  • Virgin and Child, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
  • Virgin and Child, National Gallery, London[1]
  • Samson and Delilah, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
  • Frescos at Santa Chiara Church, Verona

References

  1. ^ a b National Gallery
  2. ^ Zannandreis, Diego (1891). Giuseppe Biadego (ed.). Le vite dei pittori, scultori e architetti veronesi. Verona: Stabilimento Tipo-Litografico G. Franchini. pp. 84–87.
  • C. Del Bravo : Sul seguito veronese di A. Mantegna e Francesco Morone in "Paragone" (1962)

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  • Samson and Delilah in Museo Poldi-Pezzoli
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