Marco Meloni (Active 15th-16th centuries) was an Italian painter during 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 in

Carpi, Emilia-Romagna Carpi (; ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' of about 71,000 inhabitants in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna. It is a busy centre for industrial and craft activities and for cultural and commercial exchanges. History The name ''Carpi'' is d ...

, but was mainly active in and around

Modena Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025. A town, and seat of an archbis ...

. He was a follower of Bianchi Ferrari and

Francesco Francia __NOTOC__ Francesco Francia, whose real name was Francesco Raibolini (1447 – 5 January 1517) was an Italian painter, goldsmith, and medallist from Bologna, who was also director of the city mint.Levinson:492 He may have trained with Marco Zop ...

. Tiraboschi mentions that he is also called ''il Meloncino'' or ''il Carpigianino''. He painted a number of canvases for the church of

San Bernardino da Siena, Carpi San Bernardino da Siena and the adjacent Capuchin order Monastery are a Roman Catholic, Baroque style church and convent respectively, located on Via Trento Trieste 20 in central Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. San Bernardino da Siena is the patron ...

, including an ''Enthroned Madonna and Child with John the Baptist, and Saints Bernardino of Siena, Jerome, Francis, and Angels'' (1505). otizie de' pittori, scultori, incisori, e architetti: natii degli stati del Duca di ModenaBy Girolamo Tiraboschi, (1786) page 262.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meloni Marco Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Italian Renaissance painters 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Painters from Modena