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ANTONIO MORO (c. 1512-1575)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 850 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTONIO See also:MORO (c. 1512-1575)  , otherwise known as See also:Sir See also:Anthony More, the eminent portrait-painter, was See also:born at See also:Utrecht in 1512 according to some, but in 1525 according to Karl See also:van See also:Mander in his Het See also:Leven der Schilders . He studied his See also:art under See also:Jan Schoorel; and after making a professional visit to See also:Italy he commenced to paint portraits in the See also:style of Hans See also:Holbein . His rise to See also:eminence was rapid . In 1552 he was invited to See also:Madrid by the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. to execute a likeness of See also:Prince See also:Philip . Two years afterwards he was in See also:London See also:painting the portrait of See also:Queen See also:Mary . For this picture an See also:annual See also:salary and, as some suppose, the See also:honour of See also:knighthood were conferred upon him . On the See also:death of Mary in 1558 See also:Moro returned to See also:Spain, and lived there for two years in See also:great honour with Philip II., executing, in addition to portraits, several copies after See also:Titian . His death took See also:place at See also:Antwerp about 1575 . Among his figure-pictures Van Mander specifies the " See also:Circumcision of See also:Christ," executed for Antwerp See also:Cathedral, as one of the most notable . His portraits are full of individuality, and characterized by See also:firm and solid rendering of flesh . Several admirable examples are preserved in Madrid; among the See also:rest the portrait of Queen Mary of See also:England, which has been excellently etched by Milius (L'Art, Dec . 8, 1878) .

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