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MORANDI— MORONI. 100 MORANDI, GiovANUi Maria, J. at Florence, 1622, d. at Rome, 1717. ^man School. He was the scholar of Bilivert, and studied colouring at Venice ; bat subsequently resided and painted at Rome, where he imitated the manner of Pietro da Gortona. Several of his works, histories, and portraits are in the churches and pri- vate collections of Rome. Works. Rome, church of Santa Maria della Face, the Death of the Virgin; Santa Maria del Popolo, the Visitation. (Pascolu) MORAZZONE, Cav, Pierfran- CESCO Mazuchelu da, b. 1571, d, 1626. Lombard School. He studied early in Milan, and afterwards the works of Titian and Paul Veronese, at Venice, by which he became a good colourist, and he greatly improved his style of form by a visit to Rome. Morazzone had just commenced to paint the cupola of the cathedral of Piacenza, when his work was sus- pended by death : it was completed by Ghierdno. Works. Rome, Santa Maria Madda- lena al Corso, the Assumption of the Virgin. Milan, Sant' Antouio Abate, the Epiphany. Como, San Giovanni, St. Michael defeating the fallen Angels. Varese, Madonna del Monte, Christ Scourged. {Lanzi.) MORO, IL. [TORBEDO.] MORO, Del, Battista d'Anoelo, called Del Moro, from his master and father-in-law, Francesco Torbido, or H Moro, the Moor, living 1568. Ve- netian School. He studied the works of Titian at Venice, and was one of the most distinguished of the Veronese painters. Battista painted in competi- tion with Paul Veronese in the cathe- dral of Mantua. He painted in fresco and in oil, in the style of Torbido, but with a richer impasto and more grace, says Lanzi. He painted also in minia- ture, and was an engraver. Some of his works are still in the churches of Venice and Verona. Marco and Giulio del Moro, the son and brother of Batista, were also his assistants. (i2i- dolji.) MORONE, Francesco, b. at Verona, 1474, d. May 16, 1529. Venetian School. The son and pupil of Domenico Mo- rone. He painted in fresco and in oil, and excelled in portraits. Vasari notices him in conjunction with Girolamo dai Libri, with whom he worked in Santa Maria in Organo, and commends him for the grace and good drawing of his figures, and for the' beauty of his colouring: in style he resembles the school of Bellini. Works. Verona, Santa Maria in Organo, the Virgin and Saints; a series of Pope's portraits, &g., in the sacristy; Sant' Anastasia, the Madonna, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas, with the Donors : San Bernardino, the Crucifixion ; and the Washing of the Feet. On a house near the Ponte delle Navi, a &esco of the Madonna, and four saints. Florence, UflBzj, por- traits ; Pitti Palace, portraits. Berlin Gallery, a Madonna and Child. {Bal Pozzo.) MORONI, GiAMBATTiSTA, b. at Al- bino, near Bergamo, about 1510, d. about 1578. Venetian School. He was the pupil of Alessandro Bonvicino, called n Moretto da Brescia. His his- torical works are not important He did not equal his master in composi- tion, but he was a very distinguished portrait painter, being surpassed, per- haps, in this respect by Titian alone. His heads are full of animation and natural beauty: greater attention is properly paid to individuality than to any elevated notion of the ideal. His draperies are also beautiful; but he was not so successful in the painting of the hands. Titian used to recommend those who went from Venice to Ber- gamo, that, if they wished true por-