Lorenzo di credi biography of christopher
According to a subtle and fitting definition by Berenson, he was a sort of 'Doppelgänger' of Lorenzo di Credi.
An artist in Lorenzo di Credi's large workshop probably made this painting under the master's direction, adapting elements from various other paintings..
Lorenzo di Credi
Credi was born in Florence, active as a painter and sculptor.
He trained in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio (1435 – 1488), where he was known to have influenced a young Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519), who also trained with Verrocchio. Though, as Leonardo gained prominence as a gifted artist, he would in turn become an influence on Credi.
After Verrocchio’s death, Credi inherited the direction of the workshop, executing his Madonna di Piazza for the Pistoia Cathedral.
His other early works during this period include his Annunciation, now in the Uffizi Gallery and noted as one the artist’s most representative works. A later religious work by Credi is also in the Uffizi, his Adoration of the Shepherds, painted sometime before 1510 for the church of Santa Chiara.
His other known works include a Madonna with Child in the Galleria Sabauda of Turin, Adoration of the Child in the Querini Stampalia of Venice, and Madonna and Saints from 1493 and now in the Louvre.