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Andrea Solario

active 1495-1524

Milanese School. Active from 1495; died 1524. He was a brother of two other artists, the more famous of whom was the sculptor-architect Cristoforo Solario. In Milan he was early influenced by Foppa and later by Leonardo. A trip to Venice, probably in 1490, may explain his indebtedness to Antonello da Messina and Alvise Vivarini. Perhaps it was in Venice also that he got his knowledge of Northern technique, which, in turn, fitted him as an intermediary to introduce Leonardo's style to such Northerners as Quentin Massys.
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