- Alessandro Maganza
Alessandro Maganza (1556-1630) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style, born and active in
Vicenza , as well as inVenice .He likely trained with his father,
Giovanni Battista Maganza , also a painter; as well as byGiovanni Antonio Fasolo . He is said to have spent the years 1572-1576 in Venice. His first documented work, "Virgin and Child with Four Evangelists" (1580) was painted for the monastery built around thebasilica and sanctuary ofMonte Berico in Vicenza. Maganza also frescoed the inner cupola of Palladio’s famousVilla Rotonda located near Vicenza, with allegorical figures in colour, again recalling thePaolo Veronese ; he also executed large ceiling canvases in tempera for the South and West rooms. His style is described as derivative ofPalma il Giovane derivative.References
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Grove Dictionary of Art
*cite book | first= Sydney J.| last= Freedberg| year=1993| title= Painting in Italy, 1500-1600| chapter= | editor= Pelican History of Art| others= | pages= p. 565 |publisher=Penguin Books Ltd| id= | url= | authorlink=External links
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