Francesco Verla

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Francesco Verla (1470- circa 1521) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active in Northern Italy.

Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria (1512), San Francesco, Schio.

Biography[edit]

He was born in Villaverla and died in Rovereto. He was a follower of Bartolomeo Montagna, and influenced by Mantegna and Perugino.[1] He is described by some, however, as emerging from the School of Vicenza.[2] An Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints Joseph and Francis (1520) at the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, is attributed to Verla. A drawing depicting the Baptism of Christ at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York is attributed to Verla.[3]

Bibliography[edit]

  1. ^ Enciclopedia Treccani, entry on Verla.
  2. ^ A Renaissance Painting, (Madonna of Mercy attributed to Verla), Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Volume 3, page 111.
  3. ^ Morgan library, drawing of Verla.

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