Cristoforo Majorana (flourished c. 1480–94) was an Italian limner and painter.[1] He was born in Naples, Italy.[2] Majorana trained under Cola Rapicano.[1][3] He produced work for Ferdinand of Aragon, Giovanni d'Aragona and Andrea Matteo Acquaviva.[3] His work is held in the collections of the Walters Art Museum, National Library of France and the Fitzwilliam Museum.[4][5][6]

Notable works

• St. Augustine, Commentary on the Psalms, 1480[3]
• Aesop, Fables, 1481[3]
• Virgil, Aeneid, Eclogues, and Georgics, 1482-94[3]
• Ptolemy, Geography[3]

Gallery

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  Leaf from Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid, ca. 1470

References

External links

• Short biography and bibliography, by the Vatican Library

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