Pietro Marone (late 16th century) 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 ...

periods, mainly active in

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

and

Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...

. He was the son of Pietro Marone the Elder, a painter who was the mentor of

Francesco Giugno Francesco Giugno (1577 - c. 1621) was an Italian painter of the late Mannerist and early-Baroque periods, mainly active in Brescia and Mantua. Born in Brescia, he became a pupil of Pietro Marone, and then of Palma il Giovane Iacopo Negretti (1 ...

. Pietro the Younger was also the nephew of Andrea Marone, a Latin poet in the court of

Pope Leo X Pope Leo X ( it, Leone X; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521. Born into the prominent political an ...

. Pietro allegedly admired and followed the styles of or studied with

Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , also , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ''The Wedding at Cana'' (1563) and ''The ...

and late-

Titian Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italians, Italian (Republic of Venice, Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school (art), ...

and was known for having worked on scenes from the ''Iliad'' on the walls of the Palazzo Caprioli in contrada delle Grazie. In 1581, he painted with

Tommaso Bona Tommaso Bona (second half 16th century) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, mainly active in Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the regio ...

in San Pietro (Duomo Vecchio); in 1588, he worked in the sala del consiglio nel palazzo della Loggia, and in 1591, helped decorate some festive arches celebrating the visit of Cardinal

Gianfrancesco Morosini Giovan Francesco Morosini or ''Gianfrancesco Morosini'' (30 September 1537 – 14 January 1596) was a Venetian Catholic cardinal who served as Bishop of Brescia and Apostolic Nuncio in France. Life Giovanni Francesco Morosini was born in ...

on his return after serving as

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to France.

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* 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Brescia Italian Renaissance painters Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub