Giovanni Francesco Bembo was an Italian

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painter from Cremona, mainly active from 1515 to 1543. He apprenticed with

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. In 1515, he painted two frescoes: ''Presentation in the Temple'' and an ''Adoration of the Magi'' for the Duomo of Cremona. He painted an altarpiece for San Pietro depicting a ''Madonna with three saints and a donor'' in 1524. In 1530, he painted a ''Madonna with Saint Stephen'' and in 1540, a ''Madonna with St. John the Baptist and a Bishop'' now in the Museo Civico. He is supposed to have visited

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, and thought to be identical with a painter who was there known as ''Vetriario''. Other works in Cremona include in San Niccoló, a ''St. Nicholas with the Virgin'' and in San Pietro is a ''Madonna'' (1524). His style recalls

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. Giovanni Francesco or Gianfrancesco Bembo, was the nephew of Bonifazio Bembo, the son of Giovanni and brother of Lorenzo, all painters. Giovanni Francesco is said by

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to have worked in Rome for

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* 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Cremona Renaissance painters Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub