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Moretto (1498-1554)
Aliases:
Alessandro Bonvicino;
Alessandro Moretto;
Moretto (1490);
Moretto da Brescia;
Alexander Morettus;
Alexander Moretus
Professions:
Painter;
Freskant
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Biography
(b
Brescia,
c.
1498;
d
Brescia,
between
9
Nov
and
22
Dec
1554).
Italian
painter.
Together
with
Romanino
and
Giovanni
Girolamo
Savoldo,
he
was
one
of
the
most
distinguished
painters
of
Brescia
of
the
16th
century.
Influenced
by
both
Lombard
verism
and
contemporary
Venetian
painters,
Moretto
created
an
individual
style
in
which
realism
and
Venetian
light
and
colour
were
perfectly
balanced.
He
was
personally
involved
in
the
local
movement
of
Roman
Catholic
reform,
and
this
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