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CLOVIO, GIORGIO GIULIO (1498-1578)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 563 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLOVIO, GIORGIO GIULIO (1498-1578) , See also:Italian painter, by See also:birth a Croat and by profession a See also:priest, is said to have learned the elements of See also:design in his own See also:country, and to have studied afterwards with intense See also:diligence at See also:Rome under Giulio Romano, and at See also:Verona under See also:Girolamo de' Libri. He excelled in See also:historical pieces and portraits, See also:painting as for microscopical examination, and yet contriving to handle his subjects with See also:great force and precision. His See also:book of twenty-six pictures representing the procession of Corpus Domini, in Rome, was the See also:work of nine years; and the covers were executed by Benvenuto See also:Cellini. The See also:British Museum has his twelve miniatures of the victories of the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. In the Vatican library is preserved a See also:manuscript See also:life of See also:Frederick, See also:duke of See also:Urbino, superbly illustrated by Clovio,who is facile princess among Italian miniaturists. He was called See also:Macedo, or Macedone, to connect him with his supposed Macedonian ancestry.

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