Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
. He should not be confused with the 16th century Count Michelangelo Spada of
Terni
Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...
who was chamberlain of Pope
Julius III
Pope Julius III ( la, Iulius PP. III; it, Giulio III; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 February 1550 to his death in March 155 ...
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Biography
The son of Marcantonio Spada, a merchant, he trained initially under
Simone Brentana
Simone Brentana (1656 – 9 June 1742 )) was an Italian painter of the
Giovanni Giuseppe dal Sole. In Bologna, he painted for the palace of the count Ercole Giusti. He painted two canvases, now lost, depicting ''David playing Harp with Angels'' and ''Angels playing music''. Another lost painting was the main altarpiece for the church of the Filippini in Verona, depicting the ''Assumption of the Virgin with the Holy Trinity, and San Phillip Neri''. He also painted for the church of Santa Caterina della Ruota, including one depicting events of the Apocalypse by St John: the ''Woman of Babylon on the seven headed beast''; but also the ''Fall of Lucifer'', an ''Immaculate Conception''; and a ''God the father''. He painted lunette frescoes (now lost) in the Convent of
Sant'Anastasia
Sant'Anastasia ( nap, Santa Nastàsë) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples.
Sant'Anastasia borders the following municipalities: Casalnuovo di Napoli ...
( which became the Lyceum), with scenes from the life of St Dominic and St Peter Martyr. Michelangelo Spada's sister, Veronica, was a painter of still-life.