Giovanni Francesco Bembo was an Italian Renaissance painter from

Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

, mainly active from 1515 to 1543. He apprenticed with Boccaccio Boccaccino. In 1515, he painted two frescoes: ''Presentation in the Temple'' and an ''Adoration of the Magi'' for the

Duomo of Cremona Cremona Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Cremona, ''Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta''), dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Catholic cathedral in Cremona, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is the seat of the Bishop of Cremona. Its b ...

. He painted an altarpiece for San Pietro depicting a ''Madonna with three saints and a donor'' in 1524. In 1530, he painted a ''Madonna with Saint Stephen'' and in 1540, a ''Madonna with St. John the Baptist and a Bishop'' now in the Museo Civico. He is supposed to have visited Rome, and thought to be identical with a painter who was there known as ''Vetriario''. Other works in Cremona include in San Niccoló, a ''St. Nicholas with the Virgin'' and in San Pietro is a ''Madonna'' (1524). His style recalls Fra Bartolommeo. Giovanni Francesco or Gianfrancesco Bembo, was the nephew of

Bonifazio Bembo ''Portrait of Francesco Sforza''. ca. 1460. Tempera on panel, 40 x 31 cm. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. Bonifacio Bembo, also called Bonfazio Bembo, or simply just Bembo, was a north Italian Renaissance artist born in Brescia in 1420. He was ...

, the son of Giovanni and brother of Lorenzo, all painters. Giovanni Francesco is said by Vasari to have worked in Rome for Pope Leo X.Biography
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* 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Cremona Renaissance painters Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub