Pier Antonio Bernabei (1570–1630) was an Italian painter also known as Della Casa.

Biography

A native of

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 ...

, Pier Antonio Bernabei was a follower of the style of

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...

. Among his best-known works is a frescoed view of ''Paradise'' on the cupola of Santa Maria del Quartiere in

. Another renowned fresco is the ''Assumption'' for a chapel at the church of San Martino at

Traversetolo Traversetolo (Parmigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about south of Parma. Traversetolo borders the following municipalities: Canossa, Lesig ...

. There are other works by this master at the

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, and at the sacristy of the church of

San Quintino, Parma The San Quintino is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church located at Strada XXII Luglio number 21, near the intersection with Borgo Scacchini, in Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna kn ...

. His younger brothers, Francesco and

Alessandro Bernabei Alessandro Bernabei (1580–1630) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period, active in his native Parma. Two of his brothers were painters: his twin, Francesco, and his elder brother Pier Antonio Bernabei Pier Anto ...

were also painters.

References

* 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Parma Italian Renaissance painters 1570 births 1630 deaths Place of death unknown {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub