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Andrea Schiavone BIOGRAPHY
c. 1510 Zara, Italy - 1563 Venice, Italy. Known for: Religious and mythology theme painting and etching.
Born in Zara (now Zadar) on the Dalmatian Coast in 1510, Schiavone is recognised as a key proponent in the introduction of Mannerism to Venice, and with being of considerable influence to the likes... Read full biography
Born in Zara (now Zadar) on the Dalmatian Coast in 1510, Schiavone is recognised as a key proponent in the introduction of Mannerism to Venice, and with being of considerable influence to the likes of Tintoretto (1560-1635), Jacopo Bassano, and El Greco (1541-1614). An innovative etcher and painter... Read full biography
Born in Zara (now Zadar) on the Dalmatian Coast in 1510, Schiavone is recognised as a key proponent in the introduction of Mannerism to Venice, and with being of considerable influence to the likes of Tintoretto (1560-1635), Jacopo Bassano, and El Greco (1541-1614). An innovative etcher and painter of both oils and frescoes, it is thought that Schiavone was a pupil of either Lorenzo Luzzo or Giovanni Pietro Luzzo. He spent most of his working life in the city of Venice, where he had settled by... Read full biography
Born in Zara (now Zadar) on the Dalmatian Coast in 1510, Schiavone is recognised as a key proponent in the introduction of Mannerism to Venice, and with being of considerable influence to the likes of Tintoretto (1560-1635), Jacopo Bassano, and El Greco (1541-1614). An innovative etcher and painter of both oils and frescoes, it is thought that Schiavone was a pupil of either Lorenzo Luzzo or Giovanni Pietro Luzzo. He spent most of his working life in the city of Venice, where he had settled by the late 1530s, though his first surviving paintings and etchings date from c.1538 to 1540. His early work was strongly influenced by Parmigianino (1503-1540) and the Central Italian Mannerists, whilst combining Venetian painterly techniques and... Read full biography
Born in Zara (now Zadar) on the Dalmatian Coast in 1510, Schiavone is recognised as a key proponent in the introduction of Mannerism to Venice, and with being of considerable influence to the likes of Tintoretto (1560-1635), Jacopo Bassano, and El Greco (1541-1614). An innovative etcher and painter of both oils and frescoes, it is thought that Schiavone was a pupil of either Lorenzo Luzzo or Giovanni Pietro Luzzo. He spent most of his working life in the city of Venice, where he had settled by the late 1530s, though his first surviving paintings and etchings date from c.1538 to 1540. His early work was strongly influenced by Parmigianino (1503-1540) and the Central Italian Mannerists, whilst combining Venetian painterly techniques and colore. His work of the 1540s was marked by the creation of works of a more complex nature, and on a larger scale, wh... Read full biography
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Andrea Meldolla Lo Schiavone
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Born in Zara (now Zadar) on the Dalmatian Coast in 1510, Schiavone is recognised as a key proponent in the introduction of Mannerism to Venice, and with being of considerable influence to the likes of Tintoretto (1560-1635), Jacopo Bassano, and El Greco (1541-1614). An innovative etcher and painter of both oils and frescoes, it is thought that Schiavone was a pupil of either Lorenzo Luzzo or Giovanni Pietro Luzzo.
He spent most of his working life in the city of Venice, where he had settled by the late 1530s, though his first surviving paintings and etchings date from c.1538 to 1540. His early work was strongly influenced by Parmigianino (1503-1540) and the Central Italian Mannerists, whilst combining Venet...But wait, there's more...
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