Antonio Foler (1536-1616) was an Italian painter active mainly in

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

, painting sacred subjects in a late-

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Mannerist Mannerism is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, when the Baroque style largely replaced it ...

style. Follero, Egie

Biography

He painted a ''San Stefano'' for the church of

Santo Stefano, Venice The Chiesa di Santo Stefano (Church of St. Stephen) is a large Roman Catholic church at the northern end of the Campo Santo Stefano in the sestiere of San Marco, Venice, Italy. History It was founded in the 13th century, rebuilt in the 14th cen ...

. He lived his life impoverished. He is also known as Antonio de Ferrari or Ferrari or Follero of Del Foler. He was a member of the guild of painters in Venice from 1590 to 1612. He was likely born in Venice. he also painted a ''Birth of the Virgin'' (1589) for the church of

San Barnaba, Venice The ' is a neoclassical church in the district of Dorsoduro in Venice, Italy. It is dedicated to the Apostle Saint Barnabas. History A church at the site was built in the ninth century, but destroyed by fire in 1105. Rebuilt in 1350, it was re ...

. He also painted for the church of Santa Caterina, Venice. Many of his works have been lost or destroyed.Treccani Encyclopedia
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 33 (1987), entry by Giovanna Nepi Scirè.

References

1536 births 1616 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from the Republic of Venice Italian Renaissance painters Italian Mannerist painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub