11 Facts About Carlo Crivelli

The details of Carlo Crivelli's career are still sparse: He is said to have studied under Jacobello del Fiore, who was painting as late as 1436; at that time Carlo Crivelli was probably only a boy.

Carlo Crivelli studied at the school of Vivarini in Venice, then left Venice for Padua, where he is believed to have worked in the workshop of Francesco Squarcione and then, after being sentenced in 1457 to a six-month prison term for an affair with a married woman, left in 1459 for Zadar in Dalmatia.

Carlo Crivelli was master of his own shop when sent to prison for adultery in 1457.

Carlo Crivelli painted in tempera only, despite the increasing popularity of oil painting during his lifetime, and on panels, though some of his paintings have been transferred to canvas.

Unlike the naturalistic trends arising in Florence during his lifetime, Carlo Crivelli's style continues to represent the courtly International Gothic sensibility.

Carlo Crivelli's paintings have a linear quality identified with his Umbrian contemporaries.

Carlo Crivelli's paintings consist largely of Madonna and Child images, Pieta, and the altarpieces known as polyptychs that were increasingly unfashionable.

Carlo Crivelli's work attracted numerous prestigious commissions and must have appealed to the taste of his patrons.

Carlo Crivelli's work fell out of favor following his death and Vasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, which is notably Florentine in its outlook, does not mention him.

Carlo Crivelli had something of a revival, especially in the UK, during the time of the pre-Raphaelite painters, several of whom, including Edward Burne-Jones, admired his work.

Carlo Crivelli's reputation faded with that movement, but recent writings on his work and a rehanging of his work in the National Gallery, London, have brought him renewed attention.