Leonardo Corona (1561–1605) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active mainly in

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. Born in Murano. For the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, he painted an ''Annunciation''; while for

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, he painted an ''Assumption''. For San Giovanni in Bragora he painted a ''Coronation with Thorns'' and a ''Flagellation''.San Giovanni Battista in Bragora
He is said to have been a pupil of the elder

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, and completed some of his canvases after the master's death. His pupils included Santo Peranda and

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* *''Works of Art Discovered in Venice'', Alethea Wiel. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs (1909) 15(78):p. 368-9. (On Corona works found in the rafters of San Zulian). *

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1561 births 1605 deaths People from Murano 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Venice Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub