Giovanni Antonio Amato or Amati (c. 1475–1555) was an Italian painter of the
Renaissance period. Born in
Naples, he copied the style of
Pietro Perugino.
He was also called ''il Vecchio''. He followed the style of
Pietro Perugino, and among his pupils were
Giovanni Vincenzo Corso,
Giovanni Bernardo Lama,
Battista Loca,
Pietro Negroni
Pietro Negroni, also called Il Giovane Zingaro (''the young gypsy'') and Lo zingarello di Cosenza (''the little gypsy from Cosenza'')Marisa Reale, Pietro Negroni - Lo zingarello di Cosenza, , FPE Franco Pangallo Editore, 2011 ( – 1565), was a ...
,
Simone il Giovane Papa, and
Cesare Turco. His nephew,
Giovanni Antonio di Amato the younger
Giovanni Antonio d'Amato the younger (''il giovane'') (c. 1535–1598) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his natal city of Naples.
Born to the brother of painter Giovanni Antonio d'Amato ''il vecchio''; he marri ...
married the painter
Mariangiola Criscuolo
Mariangiola Criscuolo (c. 1548–1630) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in her native city of Naples. She is known for portraiture and history painting, and excelled in painting altarpieces. She was also involved in ...
.
Another painter named Giovanni Antonio D’Amato was active in
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
Naples. He painted a ''Vergine Lauretana'' for the church of
Santa Maria del Popolo agli Incurabili and the ''Vision of San Romualdo'' for the ceiling of the choir of the Eremo dei Camaldoli. He painted a ''Santi Nicola, Domenico e Gennaro'', now in the museo civico. He also painted a Deposition and Holy family in the church of the Gerolamini. The relationship of these two painters is unclear.
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1475 births
1555 deaths
15th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
16th-century Italian painters
Painters from Naples
Renaissance painters
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