Andrea Mainardi, also known as ''il Chiaveghino'', (active 1590–1613) was an Italian painter of the 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 ...

period, 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 ...

. Mainardi and his nephew Marcantonio, were pupils of

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 ...

in Cremona. He painted the main altarpiece depicting ''Christ healing the Blind'' for the church of San Facio. He opened a school or studio with

Giovanni Battista Trotti Giovanni Battista Trotti (1555 – 11 June 1612) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Piacenza, Parma, and his native city of Cremona. In Cremona, he was initially a pupil of Bernardino Campi, whose niece h ...

in Cremona. Among the pupils at this school were

Giovanni Battista Tortiroli Giovanni Battista Tortiroli (1621-1651) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Cremona. He was a pupil of the Mannerist painter, Andrea Mainardi, but them moved to worked both in Rome and in Naples Naples (; it, Napo ...

and

Carlo Natali Carlo Natali, also known as ''il Guardolino'', (circa 1592- 1683) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Cremona and Bologna Biography Carlo was initially a pupil of the Mannerist painters Andrea Mainardi and Giovanni Battista ...

.L Lanzi, T Roscoe; page 184. Marcantonio was still active in 1628.

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