Giulio Clovio
Illuminator, miniaturist, and painter, (1498-1578) · Croatia · On the map · Artists · Died at 80
Juraj Julije Klović was a Croatian-Italian illuminator, miniaturist, and painter born in the Kingdom of Croatia, who was mostly active in Renaissance Italy.
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Engraving of the Cabinet des Estampes Enea Vico after Giulio Clovio (1522).
Clovio's patron, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, from the Farnese Hours
1528 autoportrait in the Strossmayer Gallery donated by Ivan Kukuljević in 1891
Attributed to Giulio Clovio (Italian, 1498-1578). Crucifixion, ca. 1572. Tempera on parchment, 9 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. (23.2 x 14.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of A. Augustus Healy
Farnese Hours (1546), Morgan Library & Museum, New York
An illuminated page from his Colonna missal, 1530s, John Rylands Library, Manchester
Judith Beheading Holofernes, drawing, silwerpoint or charcoal, 322*238 mm, 1550-1560., Zagreb, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Department of Prints and DrawingsAbout this person
He is considered the greatest illuminator of the Italian High Renaissance, and arguably the last very notable artist in the long tradition of the illuminated manuscript, before some modern revivals.
Country
Croatia
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1498 to 1578 · aged 80
