Galeazzo Campi (1475/1477 – 1536) was an Italian painter of the

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in Lombardy. He was a pupil of Boccaccio Boccaccini. His representation was rather rigid, but careful. His landscapes show influences of

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Biography

Campi was the head of a family of artists, active in the mid and late 16th century in Cremona. Galeazzo is known to have contributed to painting in the church of Sant'Abbondio and for the Duomo of Cremona along with his brother Sebastiano. But the family of artists also included his three sons, Giulio,

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, each who also became a notable painter in their own. The painters Tommaso Aleni (known also as ''il Fadino'') was said to be a pupil. Among his contemporaries in Cremona were

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, Galeazzo Pesenti (

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), Lattanzio da Cremona, Nicolo da Cremona, Giovanni Battista Zupelli, and

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. Among his pupils was Lorenzo Becci.E. Schweitzer, page 52. Campi's works include a self-portrait, which was given a place in the

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gallery of Florence. Other notable paintings include "Raising of Lazarus" and "A Virgin and Child".

References

* Galeazzo Campi on German Wikipedia * Galeazzo Campi, painted by his son Giulio * 1470s births 1536 deaths Year of birth uncertain Painters from Cremona 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub