Carlo Crivelli, c 1430–c 1495, was an Italian painter born in Venice who worked chiefly in the Marche. He came from a family of painters: his father, Jacopo, and his younger brother, Vittore, were painters. He probably received his first training in his father’s workshop and may have trained with Francesco Squarcione in Padua.
Crivelli was documented as a painter in Venice in 1457. After periods in Venice and Zara, he worked in the Marche, including Ascoli Piceno, Camerino, Fabriano, and Matelica. His early formation was shaped by Venetian painters including the Vivarini and by the Paduan circle of Squarcione; Giorgio Schiavone and Andrea Mantegna were important artistic influences.
He was a successful maker of altarpieces and painted for churches and religious institutions in the Marche. Principal collections of his work include the National Gallery, London; the Vatican Museums; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museo Poldi Pezzoli; the Rijksmuseum; and the National Gallery of Art.
Madonna della Passione, c 1460
Tempera and gold on panel, 28 × 18.9 in
Castelvecchio Museum, Verona
The Deposition of Christ, c 1470
Tempera and gold on wood panel, 16.5 × 45 in
Detroit Institute of Arts
Madonna with Child, 1470
Tempera and gold on canvas, 23.9 × 16.3 in
Macerata Museums, Minzoni, Italy
The Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels, c 1470–1475
Egg tempera on poplar, 28.5 × 21.7 in
National Gallery, London
Saint George, 1472
Tempera on wood, gold ground, transferred to Masonite, 38 × 13.3 in
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Saint Francis, 1476
Egg tempera on poplar, 24 × 15.6 in
National Gallery, London
Saint Stephen, 1476
Egg tempera on poplar, 24 × 15.7 in
National Gallery, London
Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1476
Egg tempera on poplar, 23.8 × 15.6 in
National Gallery, London
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1476
Egg tempera on poplar, 54.1 × 15.7 in
National Gallery, London
Mary Magdalene, c 1480
Tempera on panel, 59.8 × 19.3 in
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Annunciation with Saint Emidius, 1486
Egg and oil on canvas, 81.5 × 57.8 in
National Gallery, London
The Vision of the Blessed Gabriele, c 1489
Egg tempera with some oil on poplar, 55.5 × 34.3 in
National Gallery, London
Saint Francis Collecting the Blood of Christ, 1489–1490
Tempera on canvas, 7.5 × 5.1 in
Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan
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