Fermo Stella (c. 1490 – c. 1562) was an Italian painter of Lombardy and Piedmont, mostly in rural churches and sanctuaries. Art historians from the 19th century cite erroneously Fermo as active at dates that range from the 15th century to 1577. Varallo SMdelleGrazie Fermo Stella

Biography

Born in

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

, he was a pupil or a follower of

Gaudenzio Ferrari Gaudenzio Ferrari (c. 1471 – 11 January 1546) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance. Biography Gaudenzio was born to Franchino Ferrari at Valduggia in the Valsesia in the Duchy of Milan. Valduggia is now in the Province of V ...

. Collaboration is suggested as early as circa 1510 with Gaudenzio. Documents show they worked together in

Morbegno Morbegno (; lmo, Mürbegn ; german: Morbend) is a little town in the low Valtellina Valley in Italy, on the left side of the Adda river. It is part of the province of Sondrio of Lombardy. In 2007, it started a project to become a leader in susta ...

in 1522. Fermo has left a number of sacred subjects throughout the north Lombardy and east Piedmont, including at the Sacro Monte of Varallo, where he worked alongside

Bernardino Lanino Bernardino Lanini or Lanino (c. 1512 – c. 1582) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Milan. Biography He was born in Mortara near Pavia.Omegna Omegna (, , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Verbania at the northernmost point of Lago d’Orta and traversed by the ...

. He also appears to have painted the ''Polyptych'' in the church of

Sant'Alessandro della Croce, Bergamo Sant'Alessandro della Croce is a Baroque architecture, Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Pignolo in Bergamo, region of Lombardy, Italy. History The church was erected in 1675 at the site of a prior church. The design is attribute ...

.Fondazione Bernareggi
2006 exhibit titled ''Una Bottega d'Arte nel cinquecento Padano - Fermo Stella e Sperindio Cagnoli sequaci di Gaudenzio Ferrari.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stella Fermo 1490s births 1560s deaths People from Caravaggio, Lombardy 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Milan