Jacopo d'Avanzi (after 1350s – 1416) was an Italian painter of the
Renaissance
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period. He is also known as ''Jacopo Avanzi'' or ''Jacopo de Avanzi'', although apparently often confused with other artists, including ''Jacopo de' Bavozi'' and the
Vicentine ''Avanzo''.
Biography
Born in
Bologna
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, he trained supposedly with
Vitale da Bologna
250px, ''St. George and the Dragon''
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. He worked with
Galasso Galassi of
Ferrara and
Cristofano of Bologna Cristofano is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Cristofano Allori (1577–1621), Italian portrait painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school
* Cristofano Berardi (18th century), an Italian engraver
* Cristofano Bertelli (act ...
in the old church of Santa Apollonia di Mezzaratta; these frescoes are now in the
Pinacoteca Nazionale of Bologna.
He also completed the series of frescoes in the chapel of San Giacomo in the
Basilica di Sant'Antonio at
Padua
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, which were painted in 1376, completed later by
Altichiero da Zevio and
Sebeto da Verona
Sebeto da Verona is a late 14th-century Italian painter, active in both Verona and Padua. Little is known about his biography. The name Sebeto is first bandied by Giorgio Vasari in his ''Lives of the Painters'', however some sources claim the name ...
. All three also painted in Verona.
References
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14th-century births
1416 deaths
Italian male painters
Trecento painters
Painters from Bologna
Quattrocento painters
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