Lorenzo da Viterbo

Madonna Enthroned with the Infant Christ, St Peter and St Michael (1472), Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Lorenzo da Viterbo (active 1462 al 1472) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Viterbo in an early-Renaissance style.

He is documented in Rome by 1462, and frescoed in 1472, the Mazzatosta Chapel in the Church of Santa Maria della Verita in Viterbo.[1] The frescoes were nearly destroyed during World War II, and have been paintstakingly restored.[2] The Academy of Fine Arts of Viterbo is named after the painter.

References

  1. ↑ Dizionario Larousse della pittura italiana: dalle origini ai nostri giorni, page 276-276.
  2. ↑ Viterbo in Rete, on church of Santa Maria della Verita.

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