Francesco Squarcione
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Francesco Squarcione (''c.'' 1395 – after 1468) was an Italian artist from Padua. His pupils included Andrea Mantegna (with whom he had many legal battles), Cosimo Tura and Carlo Crivelli. There are only two works signed by him: the '' Madonna and Child'' (now in Berlin) and the
Lazara Altarpiece The Lazara Altarpiece (Italian - ''Polittico de Lazara'') is a 1449-1452 five-panel tempera on panel altarpiece by Francesco Squarcione, signed by the artist and now in the Musei Civici of Padua. It and his ''Madonna and Child'' are his only ...
(now in Padua).


Biography

Squarcione, whose original vocation was tailoring, appears to have had a remarkable enthusiasm for ancient art, and a faculty for acting. Squarcione was interested in ancient Rome; he travelled in Italy, and perhaps Greece, collecting antique statues, reliefs, vases, and other works of art, forming a collection of such works, making drawings from them himself, and throwing open his stores for others to study from. Based on this collection, he undertook works on commission for which his pupils no less than himself were made available. As many as 137 painters and pictorial students passed through his school, established in 1431 and which became famous all over Italy. 3 December 2016 Squarcione's favorite pupil was Mantegna. Squarcione taught Mantegna the Latin language and instructed him to study fragments of Roman sculpture. Squarcione's ''Polyptych of Lazarus'', originally in the
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church in Padua, is not on display in the
Museo Civici di Padua The Musei Civici di Padova or degli Eremitani is a complex of museums and historic sites, centered on the former convent of the Eremitani (Augustinian order), and its famous Cappella degli Scrovegni with its Giotto fresco masterpieces. The compl ...
at the former Eremitani monastery. Pupils or followers of Squarcione include
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, Pietro Calzetta, and
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References

1390s births 1468 deaths Painters from Padua 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian antiquarians {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub