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Giulio Clovio: miniaturist and manuscript illuminator
Page from the Colonna Missal c. 1532 The Crucifixion of Christ, Moses and the Brazen Serpent The Lamentation, c. 1550, For much of his career, Giorgio Giulio Clovio, the greatest miniaturist and manuscript illuminator of his time, was pursued by ill luck. Born in Croatia in 1498 and first working in Venice, he went…