Antonio Semini (c. 1485 – after 1547) was an Italian painter of the late-

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

, active in his native

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

. He was born and trained in

and died in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

. He was the pupil of

Ludovico Brea Ludovico (or Louis) Brea (c. 1450 – c. 1523) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly in and near Genoa. Brea was born into a family of coopers in Nice, and later moving to Liguria, he painted numerous altarpieces that display ...

, and painted in collaboration with

Teramo Piaggio Teramo Piaggio (died before 1562) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance, active in Genoa. He was born in Zoagli. He was a pupil of Ludovico Brea, and painted in collaboration with Andrea Semini Andrea Semini (or Semino) (1525-1594) wa ...

. Antonio painted a ''Nativity'' for S. Domenico, Savona. Among his pupils were his sons

Andrea Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ref ...

and

Ottavio Semini Ottavio Semini (c. 1530–1604) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance. He was born and trained in Genoa and died in Milan. He was the son and pupil of Antonio Semini, and was influenced by Perino del Vaga. Aided his brother Andrea in ...

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* 1485 births 1540s deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Painters from Genoa Italian Mannerist painters {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub