Alessandro Bonvicino (1498-1554), "Il Moretto", born in Brescia, Italy in 1498; died at the same place, 1555 (The Lombardy Province in Italy). He was a pupil of Titian, whose influence can be seen in his work.

Moretto da Brescia (originally Alessandro Bonvicino), was active mainly in his native Brescia and the neighborhood. He was the leading Brescian painter of his day and had a large practice as a painter of altarpieces and other religious works, the best of which display an impressive gravity and a poetic feeling for nature (St Giustina with a Donor). However, his portraits, although much less numerous, are considered to be generally of higher quality and of greater importance historically. It seems likely ...