Bernadino Campi (1522–1591) was a

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painter from Cremona, who worked in Reggio Emilia. He is known as one of the teachers of

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and of Giovanni Battista Trotti (il Malosso). In Cremona, his extended family owned the main artistic studios. Giulio Campi and Antonio Campi, half-brothers, were distant relatives of Bernardino; the latter is generally considered the most talented of the family. All were active and prominent painters locally. Influences on Bernardino include local Cremonese such as Camillo Boccaccino and artists from neighbouring regions such as

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and

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. He made a number of sets of copies of the ''

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'' by Titian, then in the

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, adding one of

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, which he based on a work by

. Titian's originals were all lost in an 18th-century fire in Madrid. Bernardino was commissioned by

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to lead a team of artists including Pietro Martire Pesenti in the interior decoration, including frescoes by Bernardino, of the

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, near

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. Among his pupils were Giovanni Antonio Morandi (active 1585), Andrea Mainardi, and Pietro Martire Pesenti, both active in the Palazzo of Guastalla.Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ...
By Giuseppe Campori, page 325 and 367.

References

Bibliography

*R. Miller, in (''I Campi. 500 Years of Cremonese Artistic Culture'' (''I Campi. Cultura artistica cremonese del 500''), a cura di M. Gregori, Milan, 1985, pp. 154–170 * *M. Tanzi, ''I Campi'', Milan, 2005

External links

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''Italian Paintings: North Italian School''
a collection catalog containing information about Campi and his works (see index; plate 72). {{DEFAULTSORT:Campi, Bernardino 1522 births 1591 deaths People from Reggio Emilia 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Cremona Italian Mannerist painters Catholic painters Sofonisba Anguissola