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Ludovico Brea

Ludovico Brea was an Italian painter of the Renaissance active mainly in and near Genoa between approximately 1450 and 1523. He painted numerous altarpieces that displayed both Lombard and Flemish influences. His earliest known work is a 1475 painting depicting the Mercy between Saint Martino and Catherine of Alexandria. Brea worked along the coast from Monaco to Mentone, creating notable works that can still be found in locations such as Taggia, Imperia, Savona, and Genoa. He had at least one pupil, Teramo Piaggio, and other members of his family also worked as painters.

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Ludovico Brea

Ludovico Brea was an Italian painter of the Renaissance active mainly in and near Genoa between approximately 1450 and 1523. He painted numerous altarpieces that displayed both Lombard and Flemish influences. His earliest known work is a 1475 painting depicting the Mercy between Saint Martino and Catherine of Alexandria. Brea worked along the coast from Monaco to Mentone, creating notable works that can still be found in locations such as Taggia, Imperia, Savona, and Genoa. He had at least one pupil, Teramo Piaggio, and other members of his family also worked as painters.

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Ludovico Brea

also operated as painters, as did Antonios son, Francisco


Brea (of whom details are only known for the period from
1512 to 1555).

1 Notable works and their locations


Piety (1475), Monastre de Cimiez

Crucixion (1481), Gallery of the White Palace,


Genoa

Ascension (1483), Galleria Durazzo Giustiniani


Madonna of Misericordia (Madonna of Mercy)
(148384)
Polyptych of San Caterina (1488) and Baptism of
Christ (1495), both at the Dominican church and
convent, Taggia

Piety, Monaco Cathedral


Maest, church of Arcs-Van

Altarpiece of Savona Cathedral (1490), in collabo-


ration with Vincenzo Foppa

Altarpiece of Ognissanti (1512), San Maria di


Ludovico Brea, Piet, Muse du Louvre Castello, Genoa

Polyptych of San Giorgio (1516), church of Montalto


Ludovico (or Louis) Brea (c. 1450 c. 1523) was an
Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly in and
near Genoa. 2 References
Brea was born into a family of coopers in Nice, and later
moving to Liguria, he painted numerous altarpieces that Ticozzi, Stefano (1830). Dizionario degli architetti,
displayed both Lombardy and Flemish inuences. One scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, co-
of his pupils was Teramo Piaggio. niatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsia-
His earliest denite work is the Mercy between Saint tori dogni et e dogni nazione' (Volume 1). Gae-
Martino and Catherine of Alexandria, painted for the tano Schiepatti; Digitized by Googlebooks, Jan 24,
monastery of Cimiez, near Nice, in 1475; recent histor- 2007. p. 214.
ical searches have also suggested his having painted the
Madonna of the Confraternity of the Misericordia at Nice
in 1465. Other notable works by Brea can be found along
all the coast from Monaco to Mentone, from Taggia to
Imperia (where the inuence of the Lombardy painter
Vincenzo Foppa can be seen, and during which time he
was in the service of Pope Julius II), and from Savona to
Genoa, where he was active from 1483, leaving his work
to the Church of the Consolation.
In Liguria, Ludovicos siblings Peter and Antonio Brea

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2 3 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES

3 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses


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Ludovico Brea Source: [Link] Contributors: Scott, Jaraalbe, Attilios, Carbonix,
Colonies Chris, CARAVAGGISTI, Ser Amantio di Nicolao, Keithh, Cydebot, Alaibot, Nick Number, Dekimasu, Waacstats, Johnpacklam-
bert, Sam Blacketer, Piero Montesacro, Oxxo, RogDel, Addbot, Lightbot, Ptbotgourou, Citation bot, FrescoBot, Art&concepts, Rjwilmsi-
Bot, Rococo1700, KasparBot, Bender the Bot and Anonymous: 2

3.2 Images
File:[Link] Source: [Link] License: PD Contributors: ? Origi-
nal artist: ?
File:Pieta_Ludovico_Brea.JPG Source: [Link] License:
CC BY-SA 3.0 Contributors: Own work, Chatsam, 2010-09 Original artist: Ludovico Brea
File:Sandro_Botticelli_083.jpg Source: [Link] License:
Public domain Contributors: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by
DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. Original artist: Sandro Botticelli

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