Francesco Morone Baptism of Christ (detail) 1517 detached fresco Museo degli affreschi Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Verona |
Francesco Morone Baptism of Christ (detail) 1517 detached fresco Museo degli affreschi Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Verona |
Francesco Morone Baptism of Christ 1517 detached fresco Museo degli affreschi Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Verona |
Francesco Morone The Holy Trinity with the Virgin and St John the Baptist before 1529 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
Francesco Morone The Holy Trinity (detail) before 1529 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
Francesco Morone St Bernardino with Donor before 1529 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
Francesco Morone St Clare with Donors before 1529 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
Francesco Morone St Anthony Abbot and St Roch before 1529 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
Francesco Morone St Sebastian and St Paul before 1529 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
Francesco Morone Virgin and Child before 1529 oil on panel Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
Francesco Morone St Bartholomew before 1529 oil on panel (altarpiece fragment) Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
Francesco Morone St Francis before 1529 oil on panel (altarpiece fragment) Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
Francesco Morone St Francis receiving the Stigmata before 1529 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
Francesco Morone Madonna Moscardo before 1529 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
Francesco Morone Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Onuphrius, Sebastian, Justine, and Ursula ca. 1500 oil on canvas (small portable altarpiece) Philadelphia Museum of Art |
"Domenico died very old, and was buried in S. Bernardino, . . . leaving his son, Francesco Morone, heir to his property and his talents. This Francesco, who learned the first principles of art from his father, afterwards exerted himself in such a manner that in a short time he became a much better master than his father had been, as the works that he executed in emulation of those of his father clearly demonstrate. . . . Let it suffice to say that he gave grace, unity, and good design to his pictures, with a colouring as vivid and pleasing as that of any other painter. Francesco lived fifty-five years, and died on May 16, 1529. He chose to be carried to his tomb in the habit of a Friar of S. Francis, and he was buried in S. Domenico, beside his father. He was so good a man, so religious, and so exemplary, that there was never heard to issue from his mouth any word that was otherwise than seemly."
– from Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari (1568), translated by Gaston du C. de Vere (1912)