FOPPA

foppa, vincenzo, italian painter, was born near brescia. the dates of his birth and death used to be given as 1400 and 1492; but there is now good reason for substituting 1427 and 1515. he settled in pavia towards 1456, and was the head of a lombard school of painting which subsisted up to the advent of leonardo da vinci. in 1489 he returned to brescia. his contemporary reputation was very considerable, his merit in perspective and foreshortening being recognized especially. among his noted works are a fresco in the brera gallery, milan, the "martyrdom of st sebastian"; and a "crucifixion" in the carrara gallery, bergamo, executed in 1455. he worked much in milan and in genoa, but many of his paintings are now lost. see c.j. ffoulkes and r. maiocchi, _vincenzo foppa_ (1910).