Orazio Porta

Orazio Porta (born 1540) was an Italian painter active in the mannerist period. He was active from at least 1568 to 1580s.

Biography

He was a native of Monte San Savino, and is described as painting in a manner highly influenced or tutored by Giorgio Vasari. He has a number of altarpieces in the church of Santa Maria delle Vertighe in Monte Savino.[1]

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References
  • Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 311.CS1 maint: location (link)
  1. Arezzo Tourism commercial website, entry on Monte San Savino.



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