See also: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
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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
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His rise to See also:eminence was rapid
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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
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip
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Two years afterwards he was in See also:London See also:painting the portrait of See also:Queen See also:Mary
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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
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His death took See also:place at See also:Antwerp about 1575
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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
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His portraits are full of individuality, and characterized by See also:firm and solid rendering of flesh
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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
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8, 1878)
.
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