Orazio Porta

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Orazio Porta (born c. 1540) was an Italian painter active in the mannerist period. He was active from at least 1568 to 1580s.{{Need Citation|date=October 2024}}

Biography

He was a native of Monte San Savino, and is described as painting in a manner highly influenced or tutored by Giorgio Vasari. He has a number of altarpieces in the church of Santa Maria delle Vertighe in Monte Savino.[http://www.arezzoturismo.it/php/index.php?b=1&rif=53&id=1501&sel=SB_3&selb=SBB_17 Arezzo Tourism] commercial website, entry on Monte San Savino.

References

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  • {{cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title=Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical |volume=II L-Z | editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| pages= 311| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ}}

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Category:1540s births

Category:16th-century Italian painters

Category:Italian male painters

Category:Painters from Tuscany

Category:Italian Renaissance painters

Category:Year of death unknown

Category:People from Monte San Savino

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