''The mission of the Apostles '' Abbey of Santa Giustina Giovanni Battista Bissoni (1576–1636) was an Italian painter. He was born in

Padua Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 20 ...

. He was first a pupil of Francesco Apollodoro, called ''Il Porcia'', a portrait painter, and afterwards of Dario Varotari the Elder. Bissoni painted for the churches and convents at Padua and

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. In the refectory of the convent of San Vitale, he painted a ''Last Supper''. Biografia degli artisti Padovani
By Napoleone Pietrucci, page 34.

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* 1576 births 1636 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Padua {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub