Giovanni Antonio Amato or Amati (c. 1475–1555) was an Italian painter of the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

period. Born in

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

, he copied the style of

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. He was also called ''il Vecchio''. He followed the style of

, and among his pupils were Giovanni Vincenzo Corso,

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, Battista Loca,

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, Simone il Giovane Papa, and Cesare Turco. His nephew, Giovanni Antonio di Amato the younger 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

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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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* * 1470s births 1555 deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Painters from Naples Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub