Person

Francesco Squarcione

Italian painter

b. 1395 CE – d. 1468 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Francesco Squarcione (c. 1395 – after 1468) is an Italian artist from Padua.

His pupils include Andrea Mantegna (with whom he has many legal battles), Cosimo Tura and Carlo Crivelli.

There are only two works signed by him: the Madonna with Child and an altarpiece (Padua).