Giovanni Bernardo Lama (1508–1579) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active mainly in

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. He was the son of a generally unknown artist, Matteo Lama. He was the apprentice of Giovanni Antonio D’Amato, then

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who had fled Rome after the Sack of 1527. He worked in the style of his friend and contemporary Andrea di Salerno. A ''Madonna and child with saints'' is in the sacristy of San Luca Evangelista in

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. A ''Deposition from the Cross'' is found in the Royal Basilica of San Giacomo Spagnoli in Naples. Among other works in and around Naples are a ''Crucifixion'' and a ''Deposition'' for Santa Maria delle Grazie, the main altarpiece in Sant'Andrea, and stucco work in the church of the Annunziata, and a ''Transfiguration'' for the church of the town of

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, and a ''Martyrdom of St Stephen'' for the church of

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. His disciples were Silvestro Bruno, Bernardo Pompeo and Cavaliere Pompeo Landulfo, who had his daughter in marriage.F Boni, page 528.

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San Giacomo Spagnoli Deposition.
* 1508 births 1579 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub