left, upright=2, Madonna with Child between St. John the Baptist and St. Andrew Pier Maria Pennacchi (1464 – before 1515) was an

Italian Renaissance painter Italian Renaissance painting is the painting of the period beginning in the late 13th century and flourishing from the early 15th to late 16th centuries, occurring in the Italian Peninsula, which was at that time divided into many political sta ...

primarily active in

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. His one documented work is a

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of ''Christ'' for a chapel in the

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. In

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, the ceiling of the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli is often attributed to him, as are the ''Annunciation'' frescoes in

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and a ''Madonna'' which came to be placed in the sacristy of the church of

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. One of his pupils was

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References

* *Scirè, Giovanna Nepi. "Pennacchi, Pier Maria" ''Grove Art Online''.

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. 1464 births 16th-century deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Painters from Venice Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub