Giulio Cesare Amidano (c. 1560s – c. 1630) was an Italian painter of the late-

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass id ...

style. He was also known as Pomponio Amidano, in part because he is either confused with or was a pupil of

Pomponio Allegri Pomponio Allegri (1521 – ) was an Italian painter, the son of Correggio. Life Pomponio was the son of Antonio Allegri da Correggio, and studied the first rudiments of art under his father before Correggio's death when he was thirteen years of ...

; others claim he was a pupil of

Francesco Mazzola Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (, , ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bol ...

(Parmigianino). Much of his biography is poorly documented. He is said to have been born in

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second mos ...

and to have died there from the plague.

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