Bernardino Lanini or Lanino (c. 1512 – c. 1582) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active mainly in

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Biography

He was born in Mortara near

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.Museo Borgogna
descriptive entry for the painting of the Annunciation. He trained as a pupil of the painter

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. In Milan, he painted a ''Last Supper'' for the church '' San Nazaro Grande''. He painted a ''Holy family'' for the church of

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, now on display in the

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. He painted frescoes on the ''Life of the Magdalen'' for the church of ''San Cristoforo'' in

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. Three of his works are on display at the Museo Borgogna in Vercelli, including an ''Annunciation''; a ''Madonna and Child with Saints Bernardino of Siena and St Francis of Assisi'' (also labelled ''Madonna del cane'' due to dog asleep below Virgin); and a painted standard of ''Madonna and Child with St Anne and hooded confraternity brothers'', painted for the Confraternita di Sant’Anna. Lanini painted a ''St Catherine'' for the church '' San Celso''. He frescoed sibyls for the

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. He also painted for a chapel in the

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. Other paintings are in

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* 1511 births 1570s deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Milan Italian Renaissance painters Fresco painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub