Paolo Pino (1534–1565) was an Italian painter and art writer. He was born in

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. A student of

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, he wrote the "Dialogo di pittura" (1548), which affirmed the supremacy of the Venetian School over the

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and anticipated some aspects of the

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style.

Works

Writings * Paintings *''Portrait of a collector'', Musée des Beaux-Arts,

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, France.
''Portrait of Doctor Coignati''
1534,

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Sources

Bibl. : Gilbert Creighton, « Antique Framework for Renaissance Art Theory : Alberti and Pino », Marsyas 3 (1946). 1534 births 1565 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Venice Italian male non-fiction writers Italian art historians Artist authors {{Italy-art-historian-stub