Giacomo Coltrini (16th century) was an Italian painter, active mainly in a

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Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

, and a military engineer for

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. He painted frescoes for the subterranean church of San Faustino Maggiore in Brescia. He died as a military engineer in Candia. Titian's paternal uncle, Gregorio Vecelli, lived in Coltrini's house in Venice.''The life of Titian: with anecdotes of the distinguished persons'', Volume 2, By James Northcote, London, 1830

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coltrini, Giacomo Painters from Brescia 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters Italian military engineers Engineers from Brescia