Francesco Torbido
Francesco Torbido (Venice 1486–1562) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Verona and Venice. He is also known as il Moro.
Also recorded as Francesco Torbido il Moro · Francesco di Marco India Torbido il Moro · Il Moro Torbido · Francesco di Marco India Torbido
Francesco Torbido
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- Name
- Francesco Torbido
- Occupation
- Painter
- Born
- 1486
- Died
- 1562
- Place of death
- Verona, Italy
- Nationality
- Republic of Venice
- Fields
- portrait
- Movements
- Veronese school
- Known for
- Holy Family with Saint Catherine
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Francesco Torbido (Venice 1486–1562) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Verona and Venice. He is also known as il Moro.
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Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Venice and Verona. Works named in the authority record are Holy Family with Saint Catherine. Work by Francesco Torbido is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Amsterdam Museum, Rijksmuseum, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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• Name — Francesco Torbido • Occupation — Painter • Born — 1486 • Died — 1562 • Place of death — Verona, Italy
Biography
Biography
He studied in Venice under Giorgione and then went to Verona and married the daughter of Count Zenovello Giusti. In the service of the Count, whose daughter he married, he became a pupil of the painter Liberale da Verona, who adopted him as his heir. In Venice, he painted frescoes of the Life of the Virgin and a Transfiguration. He painted lunettes depicting the Navity and an Assumption of the Virgin in 1534, for the main chapel of the Verona cathedral. Another of his paintings is Virgin and Child in Glory, is in the Church of St. Fermo. He also painted several portraits, including two self-portraits. He painted for the Basilica di San Zeno.
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