Giovanni Battista Moroni

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Giovanni Battista Moroni

Giovanni Battista Moroni (c. 1520-1524 – 5 February 1578) was an Italian painter of the Mannerism. He is also called Giambattista Moroni. He became known for the elegance and realism of his portraits of the nobility and the clergy. He is considered one of the great portrait painters of the 16th-century.