Fermo Guisoni

Fermo Guisoni (died after 1566) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his native city of Mantua. He was one of the main assistants in the studio of painter Giulio Romano. He painted the cupola of the cathedral of Mantua. He painted an admired "Crucifixion with Peter and Andrew". He also frescoed a cartoon of Romano’s depicting "Peter and Paul as fisherman". According to Vasari, the other pupils of Giulio Romano were Gian dal Lione, Raffaello da Colle Borghese, Benedetto Pagni da Pescia, Figurino da Faenza, Rinaldo Mantovani and Giovanbatista Bertani (Mantovani).

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*cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 80| publisher= Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters | authorlink=
*cite book | first= Dottore Pasquale|last= Coddè, Segretario dell Belle Arti in Mantova| year=1837| title= Memorie Biografiche, poste in forma di Dizionario die Pittori, Scultori, Architetti, ed Incisori Mantovani| editor = Aumentate e scritte Dottore Fisico, Luigi Coddè| pages= page 67-69| publisher= Presso i Fratelli Negretti, Mantua; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on October 16, 2006| id= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0BAGAAAAQAAJ&dq=Pasquale+Codd%C3%A8| authorlink=