Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caldara) (1499 - 1543)
1499Bergamo, Italy1543Messina, ItalyItaly
Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caldara)
Polidoro Caldara, usually known as Polidoro da Caravaggio was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period, "arguably the most gifted and certainly the least conventional of Raphael's pupils", who was best known for his now-vanished paintings on the facades of Roman houses.
Date and place of birt: | 1499, Bergamo, Italy |
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Date and place of death: | 1543, Messina, Italy |
Nationality: | Italy |
Period of activity: | XVI century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Portrait, Religious genre |
Art style: | High Renaissance, Mannerism, Renaissance, Old Masters |