Marco Cardisco

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File:Marco Cardisco Adoración de los Reyes 1519 Museo Civico Castel Nuovo Nápoles.jpg

Marco Cardisco, also known as Marco Calabrese, (Born in Tiriolo c.1486 – c.1542) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples during 1508–1542.

Biography

He was a pupil of the painter and decorator Polidoro da Caravaggio, and influenced by Andrea da Salerno He painted at Sant' Agostino at Aversa. Among his pupils were the painter Pietro Negroni and Giovanni Filippo Crescione. He is also known as Marco Calabrese, because he was born in Calabria.

References

  • {{cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1886| title=Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical |volume=I: A-K |editor=Robert Edmund Graves |page=231 | publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ}}