Santo Peranda

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Santo Peranda, "Portrait of Isabella di Savoia", Galleria Estense, Moderna]

Santo Peranda (1566 - 1638) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period.

He was a pupil of the painter Leonardo Corona and later Palma il Giovane. Also known as "Santa Peranda". He painted a "Descent from the cross" for San Procolo in Venice. He painted "The defeat of the Saracens" for the Ducal palace of Modena. He painted the "Gathering of the Manna" for the church of the San Bartolome. In 1623 he finished "Glorious Mysteries" for the church of San Nicolò in Treviso. Among his pupils were Francesco Maffei, Matteo Ponzone, and Filippo Zaniberti [ Hobbes et al. p 194] .

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*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume II L-Z)| editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 449| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1| authorlink=
*cite book | first= James R.|last= Hobbes| year=1849| title= Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur| editor = | pages= | publisher= T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street; Digitized by Googlebooks | id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:picture+intitle:collector's | authorlink=