Antonio Campi (c. 1522 – 1587) was an Italian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

of the

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. He was born in

Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

. His style merges Lombard with

Mannerist Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, ...

styles. In Cremona, his extended family was the foundation of the Cremonese school of painting.

Giulio Campi Giulio Campi (1502 – 5 March 1572) was an Italian painter and architect. His brothers Vincenzo Campi and Antonio Campi were also renowned painters. Biography The eldest of a family prominent painters, Campi was born at Cremona. His father Ga ...

and Antonio were reportedly half-brothers, while

Vincenzo Campi Vincenzo Campi (; c.1530/1535–1591) was a 16th-century Italian painter working in Cremona during the Late Renaissance. Campi is best known as one of the first northern Italian artists to work in the Flemish style of realist genre painting. ...

was a full brother.

Bernardino Campi Bernadino Campi (1522–1591) was a Renaissance painter from Cremona, who worked in Reggio Emilia. He is known as one of the teachers of Sofonisba Anguissola and of Giovanni Battista Trotti (il Malosso). In Cremona, his extended family owned ...

may have been a relative. All were active as painters. Among Antonio's pupils are

Galeazzo Ghidoni Galeazzo Ghidoni or Gidoni ( Cremona, late 16th century - early 17th century) was an Italian painter. Biography He was a pupil in Cremona of Antonio Campi. His first activity in Cremona is documented by 1583. His ''San Giovanni Battista preachin ...

Ippolito Storto Ippolito or Eppolito is an Italian surname and given name, and the Italian form of the name of Saint Hippolytus of Rome. It may refer to: Given name * Ippolito Adobrandini, birth name of Pope Clement VIII (1536–1605) * Ippolito Aldobrandini (car ...

, Giovanni Battista Belliboni, and

Giovanni Paolo Fondulo Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * '' Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend ...

Partial anthology of works

*''The Mystery of the Passion of Christ''

*''

Gaius Mucius Scaevola Gaius Mucius Cordus, better known with his later cognomen Scaevola ( , ), was an ancient Roman youth, possibly mythical, famous for his bravery. In 508 BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium, the Clusian king Lars Porsena laid siege to Rom ...

'' (drawing of Roman voluntarily placing hand into fire

* ''Virgin and Child with Saints'' * ''Saint Jerolamus'' (''San Gerolamo'') (1563) * ''The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence'' (1581) * ''Nude Woman'' (drawing) * ''Studies of an Old Woman's Face and a Leg'' (drawing) * ''

Francesco Sfondrati Francesco Sfondrati (1493–1550) was an Italian Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal and the father of Pope Gregory XIV. Biography Francesco Sfondrati was born in Cremona on 26 Oct ...

'' (drawing)

References

* *Roberto Longhi, ''Un “San Sebastiano” di Antonio Campi'', in “Paragone”, 87, 1957, pp. 66–67. *Birgit Shell, ''Antonio Campi'', Harvard University, 1978. *G. Bora, in ''I Campi. Cultura artistica cremonese del 500'', edited by M. Gregori, Milano, 1985, pp. 181–196 * *Marco Tanzi, ''Cremona 1560-1570: novità sui Campi'', in “Bollettino d’Arte”, 83, 1994, tav. II. *Marco Tanzi, ''I Campi'', 5 Continents Editions, 2004. *Marco Tanzi, ''Un San Girolamo di Antonio Campi'', Altomani & Sons ed., Milano, 2008 ().

External links

Campi's illustrations for ''Cremona fidelissima''
* 1520s births 1587 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Cremona Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub