The Pesenti or Sabbioneta family of artists was active in
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 ...
from the 15th to the 17th centuries. The founder of the dynasty of artists was
Galeazzo Pesenti Seniore, also called Il Sabbioneta, active in the 15th century in Cremona. Sabbioneta refers to a parish in Cremona.
His sons Francesco Pesenti and Vicenzo Pesenti were painters. A painting of the ''Virgin with Saints Gregory and Bartholomew'' (1557) found in parish church of
Spigarolo oltre Po, was attributed to Francesco. An ''Adoration of the Magi'' at
Sant'Agostino, Cremona
Sant'Agostino is a gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in Cremona, region of Lombardy, Italy.
History
The church we see incorporated a prior church of ''San Giacomo in Braida'', and was erected between 1339 and 1345. Further refurbishmen ...
was signed ''Franciscus Sabloneta Cremonenesis''.
In 1570, Pietro Martire Pesenti restored paintings in the
Cathedral of Cremona. He also designed a funereal catafalque for Senator Ala, and the triumphal arch for the arrival of Archduke Rudolf to Cremona on December 21 of 1563. He helped create the decoration for the
Palazzo del Giardino in
Sabbioneta, working under
Bernardino Campi
Bernadino Campi (1522–1591) was a Renaissance painter from Cremona, who worked in Reggio Emilia. He is known as one of the teachers of Sofonisba Anguissola and of Giovanni Battista Trotti (il Malosso). In Cremona, his extended family owned ...
.
Giovanni Paolo Pesenti and Martino Pesenti were also active in Cremona in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Juniore, Carlo Galeazzo Juniore and Giuseppe Galeazzo (active 1590) were also painters in Cremona.
''Abecediario biografico dei pittori, scultori ed architetti Cremonesi''
(1827), by Giuseppe Grasselli and Giovanni Valle. Omobono Manini ublisher pp. 203–204.
References
Further reading
*
External links
Results for Pesenti
at the Union List of Artist Names
15th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
16th-century Italian painters
Painters from Cremona
Italian Renaissance painters
{{Italy-painter-15thC-stub