Bible Encyclopedias
Credi, Lorenzo Andrea Di

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(called Sciarpelloni), a reputable Florentine painter, was born about 1452, and studied under Andrea Verocchio at the same time with Leonardo da Vinci. He painted many Madonnas and Holy Families. He died about 1536. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.