Giovanni Battista Averara (1508 – November 10, 1548) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

. Little is known of this landscape painter who died at a young age from a dog bite. He painted in the style of Titian. He is mentioned by the biographer Tassi, and may be confused with

Giovanni Battista de Averara Jacopino Scipioni (c.1470 – 1532) was an Italian painter of the late 15th century active in Bergamo. He was born in Averara, but few details are known of his life. He began painting in the studio of his brother Battista Scipioni. In 1492, ...

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* * 1508 births 1548 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bergamo Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub