Giovanni Paolo Cavagna (c. 1550 – May 20, 1627) was an Italian painter of the late-

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period, active mainly in

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and

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Biography

He was born in Borgo di San Leonardo in Bergamo. He is said to have trained in

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with the studio of an elder

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, then became a pupil of Giovanni Battista Moroni in Bergamo. Other sources list Cristoforo Baschenis the elder as his tutor. He may have painted in the style of the master's above. His son Francesco, called Cavagnuola, was also a painter. He painted the ''Assumption of the Virgin'', the ''Nativity'', ''Esther and Ahasuerus'' for the church of

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in Bergamo. He also painted the ''Santa Lucia, the Crucifixion with Saints'' for the church of Santo Spirito. He painted a ''Coronation of the Virgin'' for ''San Giovanni Battista'' in

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. He completed some paintings for the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Castello located in

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, in the province of Bergamo. He painted a ''Crucifixion'' for Santa Lucia in Venice.

References

* * 1550s births 1627 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Bergamo Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub