About the Artist

Vincenzo Foppa (c. 1428 Brescia?-c. 1515 Brescia) is considered to be the most important early Renaissance painter in Lombardy and the founder of the Lobardy School. He worked primarily in his native city, in Pavia and in Milan. Early on he developed his own style, in which tone and atmosphere are more heavily accentuated than design and structure. In doing so, Foppa strove above all to reproduce the appearance of natural light. With his restrained, graceful and realistic representations he was able to promote the breakthrough of figurative painting in Lombardy. Works by the artist include Scenes from the Life of Saint Peter the Martyr, c. 1567, San Eustorigio, Milan; The della Rovere Polyptych, 1490, Santa Maria di Castello, Savona; and The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1500, National Gallery, London.