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Vincenzo Foppa

Italian · 1427–1515

Italian Renaissance

Vincenzo Foppa was an Italian painter from the Renaissance period. While few of his works survive, he was an esteemed and influential painter during his time and is considered the preeminent leader of the Early Lombard School. He spent his career working for the Sforza family, Dukes of Milan, in Pavia, as well as various other patrons throughout Lombardy and Liguria. He lived and worked in his native Brescia during his later years.

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life: 1427–1515life
movement: Italian Renaissancemovement

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Saint Anthony of Padua
Vincenzo Foppa
National Gallery of Art

Works worth knowing

What Vincenzo Foppa made, and why each one is worth looking at.

How Vincenzo Foppa worked

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Foppa's style was heavily influenced by Bellini, Pisanello, and Mantegna. His human figures are typically shown with a silvery-grey skin tone, a feature that has become the identifying quality of the Lombard school. This colouration gives the subjects an almost morbid appearance. Foppa was celebrated for his use of perspective, light and colouration. While contemporary documents label Foppa as an architect as well as painter, there are no known buildings or structures that he designed.