Jacopo Bertoia, also known as Giacomo Zanguidi or Jacopo Zanguidi or Bertoja, (1544 – ca. 1574), was an Italian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

of a late-

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

or Mannerist style that emerged in

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

towards the end of the 16th century. He was strongly influenced by Parmigianino. Born in Parma, he apparently studied in Bologna with Sabatini. His masterpiece is the ''Sala del Bacio'', in the Palazzo del Giardino in Parma. He also helped decorate the ''Sala di Orfeo'' in the same palace. In Rome, he was part of the team that frescoed the walls of the Oratorio del Gonfalone in Rome, painting the panel depicting the ''Entry of Christ into Jerusalem''. He was commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese in 1572–1573 to paint galleries (''Sale del Giudizio'', ''della Penitenza'', ''dei Sogni'', as well as the ''Anticamera degli Angeli'') of the

Villa Farnese The Villa Farnese, also known as Villa Caprarola, is a pentagonal mansion in the town of Caprarola in the province of Viterbo, Northern Lazio, Italy, approximately north-west of Rome. This villa should not be confused with the Palazzo Farnese a ...

in Caprarola, where he replaced the role of

Taddeo Zuccari Taddeo Zuccaro (or Zuccari) (1 September 15292 September 1566) was an Italian painter, one of the most popular members of the Roman mannerist school. Biography Zuccaro was born in Sant'Angelo in Vado, near Urbino, the son of Ottaviano Zuccaro, ...

. He had earlier worked in Caprarola with Federico Zuccari in 1574, painting in the ''Sala di Ercole''.

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* 1544 births 1570s deaths Painters from Parma 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Mannerist painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub