Adorazione della Vergine con gli Angeli (1581) Alessandro Maganza (1556–1630) was an Italian painter of the

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style, born and active in

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

, as well as in

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. He likely trained with his father,

Giovanni Battista Maganza Giovanni Battista Maganza (c. 1513–August 25, 1586) was a late Renaissance Italian painter and poet, from Vicenza in the area of Calaone, mainly producing religious altarpieces for local churches. Biography Maganza was also a poet and a frie ...

, also a painter; as well as by

Giovanni Antonio Fasolo Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (1530–1572) was a late Renaissance Italian painter of the Venetian school, active in Vicenza and surroundings. A native of Mandello del Lario, he appears to have trained in the Venice studio of Paolo Veronese. By 1557, ...

. He is said to have spent the years 1572–76 in Venice. His first documented work, ''Virgin and Child with Four Evangelists'' (1580) was painted for the monastery built around the

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and sanctuary of

Monte Berico The Church of St. Mary of Mount Berico ( it, Basilica di S. Maria di Monte Berico) is a Roman Catholic and minor basilica in Vicenza, northern Italy. The church is a Marian shrine, and stands at the top of a hill which overlooks the city. Ori ...

in Vicenza. Maganza also frescoed the inner cupola of Palladio's famous

Villa Rotonda Villa La Rotonda is a Renaissance villa just outside Vicenza in northern Italy designed by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The villa's correct name is Villa Almerico Capra Valmarana, but it is also known as "La Rotonda", "Villa Rot ...

located near Vicenza, with allegorical figures in colour, again recalling the

Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , also , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ''The Wedding at Cana'' (1563) and ''The ...

; he also executed large ceiling canvases in tempera for the South and West rooms. His style is described as derivative of

Palma il Giovane Iacopo Negretti (1548/50 – 14 October 1628), best known as Jacopo or Giacomo Palma il Giovane or simply Palma Giovane ("Young Palma"), was an Italian painter from Venice and a notable exponent of the Venetian school. After Tintoretto's death ...

. He had three sons who became painters: Giovanni Battista the younger, Marcantonio, and Girolamo.

Works

Vicenza

* ''Madonna and Child with four Evangelists'', 1580, Santuario della Madonna di Monte Berico * ''Santi Vincenzo e Marco che presentano la città di Vicenza alla Vergine'', 1581,

Vicenza Cathedral Vicenza Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata, ''Duomo di Vicenza'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is the seat of the Bishop of Vicenza, and is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary ...

* ''Adorazione della Vergine con gli Angeli'' , 1581

* ''Adoration of the Magi'', 1582,

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, private collection of Porto Colleoni * ''St Valentine heals the sick'' 1584-1585, Basilica dei Santi Felice e Fortunato * ''Pietà e santi'', 1585, Vicenza, Santa Croce church * ''Sei tele per la cappella del Santissimo Sacramento'', 1587-1589, Vicenza Cathedral: ** ''Ultima Cena'' ** ''Orazione nell'orto'' ** ''Flagellazione'' ** ''L'imperatore concede i privilegi ai notai'',

Pinacoteca di Brera The Pinacoteca di Brera ("Brera Art Gallery") is the main public gallery for paintings in Milan, Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century, an outgrowth of the cultural program of ...

, Milan ** ''Il doge conferma i privilegi ai notai'', Milano, Pinacoteca di Brera * ''Prayer in the Garden'' and ''Flagellation'', late 1500s,

Palazzo Chiericati The Palazzo Chiericati is a Renaissance palace in Vicenza (northern Italy), designed by Andrea Palladio. History Palladio was asked to design and build the palazzo by Count Girolamo Chiericati. The architect started building the palace in 1 ...

* ''Battesimo di Cristo'', 1591, Vicenza, Santuario della Madonna di Monte Berico * ''San Gerolamo Emiliani con alcuni bimbi di fronte a Cristo e alla Madonna'', 1592, Vicenza, Chiesa della Misericordia * ''Cristo dona le corone ai santi Pietro e Paolo'', 1596, San Pietro * ''Martyrdom of Saint Justine'', 1596, San Pietro * ''San Benedetto accoglie san Mauro'', 1596, Vicenza, San Pietro church * ''St Bonaventure receives eucharist from an Angel'', 1598,

, Vicenza * ''Pietà'', 1600, San Pietro * ''Cristo morto e donatori'', 1600,

Schio Schio is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza (region of Veneto, northern Italy) situated north of Vicenza and east of the Lake Garda. It is surrounded by the Little Dolomites (Italian Prealps) and Mount Pasubio. History Its name comes fr ...

, Chiesa di San Francesco * ''Trinità adorata dai santi Alessandro e Gennaro vescovo'', 1600 circa,

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, parish church * ''Tredici teleri per il soffitto della Chiesa di San Domenico'', 1603-1604, Vicenza, San Domenico church * ''Madonna of the Rosary''), (1604 - 1608),

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, parish church * ''Nativity'', 1605, Filippini * ''Sei piccoli riquadri per l'antico tabernacolo della cappella del Sacramento della Cattedrale'', 1606, Vicenza, Curia vescovile: ** ''Risen Christ'' ** ''Faith'', ''Hope'', ''Temperance'', and ''Charity'') ** ''Padre Eterno'' * ''Allegory of Religion and the Virtue'', date uncertain, Villa Almerico Capra * ''San Vincenzo'' (''Saint Vincent''), 1613, Thiene, San Vincenzo church * ''Triumph of Sebastian Venier's, Victorious Over the Turks''), 1619, Santa Corona * ''Martyrdom of Saint Andrew''), San Pietro * ''Martirio dei santi Leonzio e Carpoforo'' (''Martyr of Saints Leontius and Carpophore''), Vicenza Cathedral

Padua

*''Trasfigurazione'', Padova, San Benedetto Vecchio *''Adorazione dei Magi'' (''Adoration of the Magi''), Padova, San Gaetano Church *''Disputa tra i dottori'', Padova, San Gaetano church *''Pietà'', Padova, San Gaetano church *''Santa Caterina'' (''Saint Catherine''), Padova, San Gaetano church *''Gesù salva Pietro e gli Apostoli'', attribuita, Padova, San Gaetano church

Other

*''Portrait of Maddalena Campiglia'', Musei civici di Vicenza

References

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