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Carlo Portelli (died 1574) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Florence. He is also called ''Porteolli'' or ''Carlo di Galeotto Partelli da Loro''. Born in Loro in the Valdarno, he was a pupil of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio. The artist Vasari took note of his abilities. Portelli painted several altarpieces for churches of Florence, including for the church of
File:Carlo Portelli Virgen con niño, San Juanito y Santa Ana.jpg, ''Madonna and Child with St.John the Baptist and St. Anne''
File:Portelli da Loro, Carlo, Virgin, Child, Infant John, and Saint Margaret, 1565-74.jpg, ''Virgin, Child, Infant John, and Saint Margaret'', 1565–74, Princeton University Art Museum
File:Carlo Portelli La Caridad Tabla. 151 x 115 cm. Museo del Prado.jpg, ''La Caridad'', Prado Museum
Carlo Portelli (died 1574) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Florence. He is also called ''Porteolli'' or ''Carlo di Galeotto Partelli da Loro''. Born in Loro in the Valdarno, he was a pupil of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio. The artist Vasari took note of his abilities. Portelli painted several altarpieces for churches of Florence, including for the church of Santa Maria Maggiore
The Basilica of Saint Mary Major ( it, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, ; la, Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris), or church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is a Major papal basilica as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and the larges ...
. He died sometime before October 15, 1574, the date of his burial in San Pancrazio. Carlo's talent was inherited from his mother, Veronica Portelli, an extremely talented yet relatively unknown artist of the early 15th century.
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* 1574 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Tuscany Italian Mannerist painters Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub