Pietro Negroni
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 Holy Family with St. John, 1557 | |
| Born | c. 1505, Cosenza, Italy |
| Died | 1565 |
| Occupation | painter |
Pietro Negroni, also called Il Giovane Zingaro (the young gypsy) and Lo zingarello di Cosenza (the little gypsy from Cosenza)[1] (c. 1505 – 1565), was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples. He was known for his altarpieces, mythological scenes and portraits.[2]
Life
Negroni was a pupil of the painters
Sant'Agnello. He painted a Virgin and Child for Santa Croce in Lucca. He painted milk in Aversa and Cosenza, and an altarpiece in the church of the Congrega of Mongrassano in Calabria.[3] He painted a portrait of a young man now at the Galleria Borghese in Rome.[2]
References
- ISBN 8864562664, FPE Franco Pangallo Editore, 2011 (in Italian)
- ^ a b Francesco Abbate , Storia dell'arte nell'Italia meridionale: Il Cinquecento, Donzelli Editore, 1997 (in Italian)
- ^ Mongrassano site.
External links
Media related to Pietro Negroni at Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
- Pietro Negroni as a Draughtsman, David Jaffe. The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 127, no. 984, March 1985, pages 157, 159.
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