Leonardo Brescia (1520–1582) was an Italian painter of the
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...
period. He was born and active 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 worked with
Bastianino
Sebastiano Filippi (or Bastianino; c. 1536 – 23 August 1602) was an Italian late Renaissance – Mannerist painter of the School of Ferrara.
Biography
He was born in Lendinara to a painter, Camillo Filippi, who had worked under Dosso Dossi.
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. He painted an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for the church of II Gesu, an ''Annunciation'' for the Madonna del Buon Amore; and a ''Resurrection'' for Santa Monica. He also painted the ''Virgin Mary'' for the church of III Gesu, which was an ''Annunciation'' for the ''Leonardo Da Vinci''.
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* Census of Ferrarese Paintings and Drawing
1520 births
1582 deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Ferrara
Italian Renaissance painters
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