Pietro Calzetta ( fl. 1470–1500) 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 ...

. He was son-in-law of Montagnana and a pupil of Squarcione. He painted in the chapel of Corpus Christi at the

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua The Pontifical Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua () is a Catholic Church, Catholic church and Basilicas in the Catholic Church, minor basilica in Padua, Veneto, Northern Italy, dedicated to Anthony of Padua, St. Anthony of Padua. Although the ...

. In 1470, he restored some works of

Stefano da Ferrara Stefano da Ferrara was an Italian painter from Ferrara who active in the latter half of the 15th century. Biography The dates of his birth and death are uncertain. He traveled to Treviso with his brother around 1339, later moving on to Padua, w ...

, and in the same year he contracted to work with Jacopo Montagnana and Matteo del Pozzo at the decorations of the ''Cappella Gattamelata'' in the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. Up till the year 1500, he was still employed in that church, where he also painted an ''Ecce Homo'' for another of the chapels.

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* 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Padua Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub