Crivelli, Carlo (krēvĕl`lē), b. c.1430, d. after 1493, Venetian painter, who worked chiefly in the Marches. His paintings, notable for their rather harsh conception, include the Virgin and Child in the Ascoli Cathedral; a large altarpiece (National Gall., London); and Coronation of the Virgin (Brera, Milan). His work reveals a crystalline, linear technique and a fondness for elegant decorative motifs. Works in the United States include three portrayals of the Pietà (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston; Fogg Mus., Cambridge; Detroit Inst. of Arts); several of the Madonna (Walters Art Gall., Baltimore; National Gall. of Art, Washington, D.C.; Metropolitan Mus.); and St. George on Horseback (Gardner Mus., Boston).

Crivelli, Carlo

(born c. 1430/35, Venice, Republic of Venice—died c. 1493/95) Italian painter. The son of a painter, he worked mainly in the Marches, a provincial region of central Italy. All his works were of religious subjects, done in an elaborate, old-fashioned style reminiscent of the linearism of Andrea Mantegna. Characterized by heavy ornamentation, sharp outlines, and exaggerated facial expressions, his paintings are closer to the religious intensity of Gothic art than to the rationalism of the Renaissance.