- Bernardino Gatti
Bernardino Gatti was an Italian painter of the
Renaissance , active mainly inParma andCremona .Born in or near
Pavia orCremona . He is also commonly called il Sojaro. His early apprenticeship is unclear, though he is influenced by the pre-eminent local painters:Pordenone , alongside whose works are many of Gatti’s frescoes, as well as Correggio. Gatti worked for 12 years, 1560-72, in the fresco decoration of the cupola of the duomo ofParma , where he was assisted byBartholomaeus Spranger . His major works are the large fresco in the refectory of San Pietro in Cremona from 1552, frescoes in the dome of theSanta Maria della Steccata 1560-66) in Parma, and his "Assunta" in theDuomo of Cremona . He also worked in Pavia (1531) andPiacenza (1543). Among his most famous pupils isSofonisba Anguissola and his nephew,Gervasio Gatti .Partial Anthology of Works
*"Last Supper" and "Resurrection", (1529, Cathedral of Cremona)
*"Madonna of the Rosary", (1531) (Cathedral of Pavia)
*"Life of the Virgin", (1543, S.M. di Campagna, 1543, Piacenza)
*"Crucifixion with Mary Magdalen, Sant'Agata, San Bernardo degli Uberti, and angel", (1566-1574, chapel of Sant'Agata in the Duomo of Parma).
*"Assumption of Virgin", 1560-1572 (Santuario di Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma).
*"Pietà", (Louvre)
*"Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes",( Refectory in San Pietro al Po, Cremona)
*"Coronation Virgin with Saints Benedetto and Bernardo", (1572, Abbey of Chiaravalle, Milan).
*"Assunta", (1572; Duomo of Cremona)ources
* [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=530&page=1| Getty Museum biography on Gatti]
*cite book | first= Sydney J.| last= Freedberg| year=1993| title= Painting in Italy, 1500-1600| chapter= | editor= Pelican History of Art| others= | pages= pp380-1 |Penguin Books Ltd| publisher= | id= | url= | authorlink= ISBN 0-14-056035-1
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