Giovanni Battista Moroni

Place: Albino

Born: 1525

Death: 1578

Biography:

Giovanni Battista Moroni (c. 1520/24 – February 5, 1579) was an Italian painter of the Late Renaissance period. He is also called Giambattista Moroni. Best known for his elegantly realistic portraits of the local nobility and clergy, he is considered one of the great portrait painters of sixteenth century Italy. Moroni was the son of architect Andr...