Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo (c. 1500–1584) was an
Italian
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painter, active during the late-
Renaissance
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period, mainly in
Naples
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.
Born in
Gaeta
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The town has played a consp ...
, He trained with
Andrea da Salerno and with
Perino del Vaga
Perino (or Perin) del Vaga (nickname of Piero Bonaccorsi) (1501 – October 19, 1547) was an Italian painter and draughtsman of the Late Renaissance/Mannerism.
Biography
Perino was born near Florence. His father ruined himself by gambling, an ...
in Rome. His brother
Giovanni Angelico and daughter
Mariangiola were also painters. He apparently wrote a series of biographies of Neapolitan painters. In Naples, he painted a ''Adoration of the Magi'' in
Santa Maria del Rosario. In
Santa Maria delle Grazie, he painted a ''Madonna and Child''. In San Lorenzo, he painted a ''Christ bearing his Cross''. He also left paintings in Gaeta. One of his pupils was
Francesco Curia
Francesco Curia (1538–1610) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his hometown of Naples. He was the son of the painter Michele Curia. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo. Among his pupils were ...
. His brother,
Gian Angelo, (
Cosenza
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, 1500–1573) was also a painter.
References
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16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Renaissance painters
Painters from Naples
People from Gaeta
1500s births
1584 deaths
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