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Altichiero was a notable Italian painter of the Gothic style. A follower of Giotto, Altichiero is credited with founding the Veronese school. He worked in Verona and Padua—works by him survive in San Anastasia in Verona and in Sant' Antonio and the Oratorio de San Giorgio in Padua (where the credit for the work has been generally shared with Avanzo, about whom little is known).

Altichiero was probably born somewhere near Zevio. He became an important member of the della Scala's household, and around 1364 painted a series of frescoes based upon Flavius Josephus's The Wars of the Jews at the della Scala palace of Sala del Podestà.

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