Lattanzio Mainardi

Lattanzio Mainardi (fl. 16th century) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period. Originally from or near Bologna and referred to as "Lattanzio Bolognese" by Giovanni Baglione. He painted some of the frescoes for the Chapel of Pope Sixtus V in Santa Maria Maggiore, including the figures of "Tamar, Fares, Zara, Solomon y Boaz". Died at the age of 37 in Viterbo, while returning to Bologna.

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* [http://www.vatican.va/various/sm_maggiore/en/storia/cappella_sistina.htm| Santa Maria Maggiore description.]
*cite book | author= Marchese Antonio Bolognini Amorini| year=1843| title= Vite de Pittori ed Artifici Bolognesi| chapter= | editor= | others= | pages= pages 100-102| publisher= Tipi Governative alla Volpe ed Nobili; Oxford library digitized June 26, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?id=-GABAAAAQAAJ&dq=pittori&as_brr=1 | authorlink=