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Biography

He initially worked with Ansuino da Forlì and

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to paint frescoes in the Chapel of the Podestà in Padua. He appears to have worked with

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. He trained and worked under

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.Della origine e delle vicende della pittura in Padova
by Giannantonio Moschini; Tipografia Crescini, Padua (1826); page 60.

References

*Tatjana Pauli, ''Mantegna'', serie ''Art Book'', Leonardo Arte, Milano 2001. 1420s births 1468 deaths Painters from Padua 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub