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Peer Review of Draft 1 - Alice Marson

Vincenzo Foppa (c.1430-c.1515) was a painter and architect of (in? during?) the Italian Renaissance. The majority of his career was spent at Pavia, where he served the Dukes of Milan. Foppa was one the most influential painters of Lombardy during his time and the founder of the Early Lombard School (Ffoulkes). Tragically, (seems maybe too emotional of a word, unfortunately?) many of the painter's works have been lost. His best-known surviving works include his Crucifixion, his fresco decoration of Milan's Portinari Chapel, and St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata. His only surviving secular work, the Medici Bank Fresco, depicts Cicero reading as a child and is one of his more well-known pieces (Waterhouse). (noice intro!)

Biography

Foppa was born at Bagnolo Mella, near Brescia. Little is known of Foppa's early life and training, although it has been speculated that he trained with Squarciane and possible Mantegna. However, his work is more stylistically reflective of Stefano de Verona and Jacopo Bellini. Foppa performed several works early in his career in Lombardy, eventually moving with his family to Pavia by 1458 (is there any information, marriage/baptismal records, that can tell us more about his personal life?). His work in Pavia was noticed by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, who commissioned Foppa to conduct several works in Milan, including the decoration of his ducal palace received from Cosimo de Medici (expand on relationship with Sforza). Foppa continued to work largely in Milan and Pavia throughout the remainder of his career, in addition to his frequent travels to Genoa beginning in the 1470s. (Did he ever try other styles?) Foppa returned to his native Brescia in 1489 and remained there until his death (expand on later life).

Career

Early in his career, Foppa produced such works as XYZ. Upon his arrival in Pavia, he completed XYZ. During the following decades, he worked on XYZ projects of Francesco Sforza in Milan, as well az ZYX in Pavia. In the 1480s, Foppa decorated Santa Maria di Brera, church in Milan, with various frescoes including Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist and the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. The latter part of his career included work on XYZ in Pavia and Brescia. In 1487 Foppa was contracted to work on the Griffi Chapel, but never began work on the building.

List of Major Works

Virgin and Child (1450)

Dead Christ Supported by an Angel (?)

St. Jerome (?)

Crucifixion (1456)

Young Boy Reading Cicero, Medici Bank Fresco (c.1465)

Life of St. Peter Martyr frescoes in Portinari Chapel, Milan (late 1460s)

Saints Agnes and Catherine of Alexandria (1476)

Virgin and Child with Saints (late 1470s)

St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata (?)

Frescoes at Santa Maria di Brera, Milan (1480s)

Note from reviewer: nice work! It seems you know exactly where you need to expand. My suggestions would be digging up a bit more on his personal life, and seeing if Foppo ever ventured into other styles during his artistic career.