Madonna del Cardellino
by LIBERALE da Verona, Panel
Liberale (Liberale di Jacopo dalla Biava) was one of the main representatives of the Veronese School. He was formatively influenced by Pisanello and Mantegna. His painting is of variable quality, his miniatures for Montoliveto and Siena (1467-76) are renowned. From 1492 he was in Verona where his studio produced outstanding masters of the Veronese School: Giolfino, Torbido, Caroto and others.