Adoration of the Christ Child

Santa Maria Assunta in Chiesanuova, Brescia

religious

The origin of this panel is not known, it was installed in its current location only in the nineteenth century. Its disarming simplicity is different from the Bramantesque quality of other works by Foppa. The panel probably belonged to a larger altarpiece.

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About the Artist

Vincenzo Foppa

1427 – 1515

Italian painter, the leading figure in Lombard painting until the arrival of Leonardo da Vinci in Milan in 1481/2. He was born and died in Brescia, but was active mainly in Milan. According to Vasari he obtained his training in Padua, and his robust style owed much to Mantegna, not least in his interest in perspective. His major works include frescos in S. Eustorgio, Milan, and Sta Maria del Carmine, Brescia.

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