- Lattanzio Gambara
Lattanzio Gambara (c.
1530 -18 March 1574 ) was an Italian painter, active in aRenaissance and Mannerist styles.Biography
Born in
Brescia , as a 15 year old he initially apprenticed withGiulio Campi inCremona , by 1549, he is working alongsideGirolamo Romanino , who became his father-in-law. An altarpiece of S. Maria in Silva dates to 1558. He frescoed for the Villa Contarini inAsolo . He would become influenced byPordenone . He painted a cycle of frescoes on the "History of the Apocalypse" that decorated the Loggia ofBrescia , until they were destroyed by bombing in 1944.In these years the artist returns to Brescia to work with Romanino in a series of generally lost frescoes for Sant'Eufemia and Saint Lorenzo in Brescia. He painted altarpieces for the abbey of Saint Benedict in Polirone [ all but one lost] . He also decorated Palazzo Mayo in Cadignano (
Lama Mocogno , in collaboration with Giulio andAntonio Campi ). In 1565 he worked briefly in Venice. He painted a "Nativity" for the church of "San Faustino" in Brescia, [ [http://www.comune.brescia.it Brescia commune homepage] ] .In 1566, Gambara completed the fresco cycle in the parish church of S. Stefano in
Vimercate , with "Life of the saint" in the inferior part of the apse and "God the Father, Christ, Virgin and angels" in the half-dome. In 1567-73, he completes his masterpiece, the frescoes in the nave of theCathedral of Parma , in collaboration withBernardino Gatti .During the last few years, after the decoration of the drum of the cupola of
Santa Maria of the Steccata inParma , Gambara executed various others frescoes for palaces in Brescia and Parma, including a "Deposition" (1568) for the church of "San Pietro al Po" inCremona . He fell off a scaffold, dying before completing the frescoes of the cupola of S. Lorenzo inBrescia .One of his pupils was
Giovita Brescianino .References
External links
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/gambara_lattanzio.html Gambara biography on artcyclopedia.]
* [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=573&page=1 Getty biography.]
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