Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
painter in
Verona
Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...
. He should not be confused with the 16th century Count Michelangelo Spada of
Terni
Terni ( ; ; ) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria, in Central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera (Tiber), River Nera. It is northeast ...
who was chamberlain of Pope
Julius III
Pope Julius III (; ; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1550 to his death, in March 1555.
After a career as a disting ...
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Biography
The son of Marcantonio Spada, a merchant, he trained initially under
Simone Brentana
Simone Brentana (1656 – 9 June 1742 )) was an Italian painter of the
Giovanni Giuseppe dal Sole
Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole (10 December 1654 – 22 July 1719) was an Italian painter and engraver from Bologna, active in the late-Baroque period. Upon the death of Carlo Cignani, Gioseffo dal Sole became among the most prominent painters in Bo ...
. In Bologna, he painted for the palace of the count Ercole Giusti. He painted two canvases, now lost, depicting ''David playing Harp with Angels'' and ''Angels playing music''. Another lost painting was the main altarpiece for the church of the Filippini in Verona, depicting the ''Assumption of the Virgin with the Holy Trinity, and San Phillip Neri''. He also painted for the church of Santa Caterina della Ruota, including one depicting events of the Apocalypse by St John: the ''Woman of Babylon on the seven headed beast''; but also the ''Fall of Lucifer'', an ''Immaculate Conception''; and a ''God the father''. He painted lunette frescoes (now lost) in the Convent of
Sant'Anastasia
Sant'Anastasia (; ) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples.
Sant'Anastasia borders the following municipalities: Casalnuovo di Napoli, Ercolano, Pollena Trocchia, ...
( which became the Lyceum), with scenes from the life of St Dominic and St Peter Martyr. Michelangelo Spada's sister, Veronica, was a painter of still-life.