Vincenzo Foppa, active by (1456-died 1515/16)

• Was an Italian painter from the Renaissance period.
• He spent his career working for the Sforza family, Dukes of Milan, in Pavia, as well as various other patrons throughout Lombardy and Liguria.
• He lived and worked in his native Brescia during his later years.
• During the peak of his career from the 1460s to the 1480s, he was the dominant influence on Lombard art.
• Foppa was confident in his merit and ability to receive commissions.
• He often left cities with jobs unfinished to pursue work elsewhere that he found more interesting or more lucrative. 
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