Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli (c. 1500–1569) was an Italian
painter
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active in the
Mannerist style
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.
Biography
Bedoli was born in
Parma
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in a family coming from
Viadana Viadana may refer to:
Surname
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in Lombardy. He was a near contemporary of
Parmigianino
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (, , ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bo ...
, and after the early death of the latter master, he completed some frescoes initially commissioned from Parmigianino. For example, he completed works in the apse of
Santa Maria della Steccata.
[European Paintings:Keith Christiansen (1982) Notable Acquisitions (Metropolitan Museum of Art) p.39.] He is known to have worked in the studio of the Parmigianino's uncles in the city of
Parma
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. He married the daughter of
Pier Ilaro Mazzola, a cousin of Parmigianino, hence he added to his name the better known ''Mazzola'' appellation.
He painted along with his father in law the ''Immaculate Conception'' for the ''Oratorio della Concezione'' (now in
Parma Gallery). Freedberg describes him in his masterpiece of the ''Annunciation'' as resembling
Parmigianino
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (, , ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bo ...
in the same way
Bronzino
Agnolo di Cosimo (; 17 November 150323 November 1572), usually known as Bronzino ( it, Il Bronzino ) or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, ''Bronzino'', may refer to his relatively dark skin or reddis ...
reflected the elder
Pontormo
Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557), usually known as ''Jacopo da Pontormo'', ''Jacopo Pontormo'', or simply Pontormo, was an Italian Mannerism, Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a pr ...
, equal in skill and refinement, but lacking the original abstracting poetry of the image. Bedoli's works are equal in polish, but stony in feeling. He produced murals, portraits, designed tombs, and altarpieces — the diverse uses probably trained him best as a decorative artist. His son,
Alessandro Mazzola (painter) (1533–1608), was an undistinguished painter.
Selected works
Most of Bedoli's works are not signed. Many works are attributed to him based on style, but often these attributions are disputed. Among the works attributed to Bedoli are the following:
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16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Parma
Renaissance painters
1500s births
1569 deaths