| Crivelli,
Carlo (b. 1430/35, Venezia, d. 1495, Camerino) |
| Italian painter. He
was born in Venice and always signed himself as a Venetian, but he spent
most of his career working in the Marches, particularly at Asconi Picelo,
and he also lived for some time at Zara in Dalmatia (now Croatia). His paintings
are all of religious subjects, done in a n elaborate, old-fashioned style
that owes much to the wiry Paduan tradition of Squarcione and Mantegna and
yet is highly distinctive. Their dense ornamentation is often increased
by the use of gesso decoration combined with the paint. The finest collection
of his works is in the National Gallery in London and includes the delightful
and much reproduced Annunciation (1486). Vittorio Crivelli (died 1501-02), probably Carlo's brother, was a faithful but pedestrian follower. |