wrote an often confused and error-ridden Vite dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napolitani. It states that Solario was born in about 1382, probably in Abruzzo. He is called the son of a tinker, and, after a romantic interlude, became son-in-law of Colantonio, the leading artist in mid-15th-century Naples. Dominici claims Solario died in 1455. The erroneous chronology was not clarified until the 20th century. Footnotes References Davies, Martin, National Gallery Catalogues: Catalogue of the Earlier Italian Schools, National Gallery Catalogues, London 1961, reprinted 1986, Marks, Richard and Williamson, Paul, eds. Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547, 2003, V&A Publications, London, Nicola Spinosa (ed), The National Museum of Capodimonte, Electa Napoli, 2003, 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Venice Italian Renaissance painters Italian Romani people