Tommaso de Aleni (early 16th century) (also called Il Fadino), 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 ...

period, active in his native

Cremona Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...

. He was a pupil of

Galeazzo Campi Galeazzo Campi (1475/1477 – 1536) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance from Cremona in Lombardy. He was a pupil of Boccaccio Boccaccini. His representation was rather rigid, but careful. His landscapes show influences of Perugino and ...

. He was also influenced by the works of

Perugino Pietro Perugino ( ; ; born Pietro Vannucci or Pietro Vanucci; – 1523), an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school, developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance. Raphael became his most famous ...

. He painted for the church of San Domenico at Cremona, where he was employed with Campi. A ''Nativity'' (1515) formerly in the church of San Domenico, was moved to the town-hall of Cremona.

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* 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Cremona Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub