Giuseppe Mazzuoli (c. 1536 – 9 November 1589) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period, active mainly in the court of

Alfonso II d'Este Alfonso II d'Este (24 November 1533 – 27 October 1597) was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the House of Este. Biography He was the elder son of Ercole II d'Este and Renée de France, the daughter of Louis XII of France an ...

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

. He is nicknamed ''il Bastaruolo'' (or ''il Bastarolo'' by authors writing in English), from a dialect term describing his father's profession selling foodstuffs, including corn (biade). He painted the ceiling of the church of the ''Gesu'' in Ferrara, a work started by

Giovanni Francesco Surchi Giovanni Francesco Surchi (died c. 1590) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active in Ferrara. Biography He was also called ''il Dielai'' or ''il Dialai'', his father's nickname which derives from the Venetian exclamation of ...

. Mazzuoli was reportedly a pupil of Dosso Dossi, and the teacher of

Carlo Bononi Carlo Bononi (1569? - 1632) was an Italian painter. From an 1876 book: ''Giulio Cromer, Carlo Bononi a pupil of Bastaruolo, and Alfonso Rivarola or Chenda, were the last artists of any eminence in Ferrara.'' Page 175 Biography Born and active ...

and

Domenico Moni Domenico Mona (also called ''Moni'', ''Monna'', or ''Monio'') (1550–1602) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, born in Ferrara. Biography His biographer Cesare Cittadella (1782) describes a stormy early manhood, wherein Mona, ...

.Cittadella, Cesare (1782
Catalogo istorico de' pittori e scultori ferraresi e delle opere loro.
vol. 1, Ferrara, Italy: Francesco Pomatelli, p. 179. Among his works were some altarpieces for the

Cathedral of Ferrara Ferrara Cathedral ( it, Basilica Cattedrale di San Giorgio, ''Duomo di Ferrara'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Ferrara, Northern Italy. Dedicated to Saint George, the patron saint of the city, it is the seat of the Archbish ...

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Census of Ferrarese Paintings and Drawings
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mazzuoli (il Bastarolo), Giuseppe 1530s births 1589 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Mannerist painters Painters from Ferrara