Boccaccio Boccaccino (c. 1467 – c. 1525) was a painter of the early

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, belonging to the Emilian school. He is profiled in

Vasari Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer who is best known for his work '' Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'', considered the ide ...

's (or, in English, ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects''). He was born in

Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...

and studied there, probably under Domenico Panetti. Few facts of his life are known. His principal artistic activity was in

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, Ferrara, and especially in

Cremona Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...

, where he founded a school in which Garofalo was a pupil. His most celebrated achievement is the frescoes in the

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(1506–1519) representing the ''Birth of the Virgin'' and some subjects from her life. His position there was taken over by Altobello Melone. His remaining works, which include the ''Marriage of Saint Catherine'' ( Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice), the ''Virgin and Child with Four Saints'' (Venice, San Giuliano), the ''Virgin and Two Saints'' (Cremona, San Quirilo), and the ''Holy Family'' (Paris, Louvre), are considered by Lanzi remarkable for richness of drapery, variety of color, spirit and grace of attitude, and harmony of landscape. Several works formerly attributed to

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Pinturicchio Pinturicchio, or Pintoricchio (, ; born Bernardino di Betto; 1454–1513), also known as Benetto di Biagio or Sordicchio, was an Italian Renaissance painter. He acquired his nickname (meaning "little painter") because of his small stature a ...

, and Garofalo are now ascribed to Boccaccino. Boccaccino died in Cremona. His son and pupil

Camillo Boccaccino Camillo Boccaccino (; 1511 – 4 January 1546)
cites Camillo's birthdate as 1511, Wornum cites 1508

(1501–46) was a painter active in Cremona. Paintings by Boccaccino are in the

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, the

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and

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(Bucharest).

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