Polidoro da Caravaggio
(1499–1543) Italian painter (1499-1543)
Polidoro da Caravaggio (1499–1543) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, a draughtsman, and a designer. By year of birth, Polidoro da Caravaggio belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.
Polidoro da Caravaggio was born in Caravaggio and died in Messina. Polidoro da Caravaggio worked in Rome. The students included Tomás Peliguet.
The best-known works include ‘Painted shield’ and ‘Trophies’. The catalogue has 26 works by Polidoro da Caravaggio with free images. The dated works span the years 1519–1535. Works by Polidoro da Caravaggio are held by several collections, among them Royal Collection, Nationalmuseum, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Museo di Capodimonte.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Girolamo da Treviso the Younger, Alessandro Bonvicini, Christoph Weiditz, Lancelot Blondeel, and Aert Claesz.