Filippo Mazzola (1460 - 1505) was an

Italian painter Following is a list of Italian painters (in alphabetical order) who are notable for their art. A *Niccolò dell'Abbate (1509/1512–1571) *Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868) * Angiolo Achini (1850–1930) * Pietro Adami (fl. c. 1730) *Eugenio Agn ...

of the

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period. He was born in

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, his father was Bartholomew, and he became a pupil of Francesco Tacconi. He worked mainly in the area between Parma and

Piacenza Piacenza (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Piacenza, eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with more ...

. There is documentation of a trip to

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, where he is thought to have gone to study his main stylistic references:

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and

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. His most notable work is the

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kept at the basilica of

Cortemaggiore Cortemaggiore (Emilian language#Dialects, Piacentino: ) is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) located in the Province of Piacenza. Cortemaggiore is located in northern Italy about from Milan and from Bologna, in the Po Valley. The municipality ...

, although it is currently missing a couple of paintings. He was the father of the painter Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola.National Gallery Brief Bio Filippo Mazzola
/ref> He died at the age of about 45 years, during an epidemic of plague.

References

* Roberto Lasagni, Biographical Dictionary of Parmigiani, ed. PPS, Parma 1999 1460 births 1505 deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian Roman Catholics Painters from Parma {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub