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 366 Painting (fl. ab. 1470 — 1523), a Brescian by birth, though resident in Vicenza, where his best works are to be found, was a painter whose style was formed on a judicious blending of those of Mantegna and the cotemporary Venetians. Vittore Pisano, called Pisanello, and better known as a medallist than a painter, who painted in the early half of the fifteenth century; Liberale (1451 — 1536), Girolamo dai Libri (1474 — 1556), and Paolo Morando all flourished at Verona, where their works are still preserved : except Liberale, they may be studied in the National Gallery, where are also pictures by Ambrogio di Stefano, called Borgog- none, a native of Piedmont, who worked at Pavia from about 1475 to 1493. His paintings, which are either in tempera or fresco, are best seen in the Milanese. The Ferrarese school was upheld by Cosimo Tura (ab. 1418 — aft. 1494), Lorenzo Casta, and Ercole Grande, who 2 however, both also painted in Bologna. All three may be studied in the National Gallery. (e) The Umbrian School. The mountainous district of upper Italy, now known as the Duchy of Spoleto (the favourite resort of S. Francis of Assisi and other religious devotees), was the home of a school of painters who cared rather for spiritual beauty than external perfection of form. The peculiar style of this school is the reflection of the mode of thought of its members, coloured by influences from various external sources. In the works of the early Umbrian masters, we are reminded alike of Giotto, Uccelli, Masaccio, and Luca Signorelli. To Niccolb di Liberatore (known as Niccolo Alunno) is due the merit of giving to the Umbrian school