Antoniazzo Romano

Antoniazzo Romano

1430 1508

Italian Renaissance painter (1430-1508)

Antonio di Benedetto Aquilo degli Aquili, known as Antoniazzo Romano, was an Italian Early Renaissance painter, the leading figure of the Roman school during the latter part of the 15th century He "made a speciality of repainting or interpreting older images, or generating new cult images with an archaic flavor", in particular by very often using the gold ground style, which was unusual by this period.

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