Pietro Calzetta ( fl. 1470–1500) was an Italian painter of the

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. He was son-in-law of Montagnana and a pupil of

Squarcione Francesco Squarcione (''c.'' 1395 – after 1468) was an Italian artist from Padua. His pupils included Andrea Mantegna (with whom he had many legal battles), Cosimo Tura and Carlo Crivelli. There are only two works signed by him: the ''Mad ...

. He painted in the chapel of Corpus Christi at the

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. In 1470 he restored some works of

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, and in the same year he contracted to work with Jacopo Montagnana and Matteo del Pozzo at the decorations of the ''Cappella Gattamelata'' in the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. Up till the year 1500, he was still employed in that church, where he also painted an ''Ecce Homo'' for another of the chapels.

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* 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Renaissance painters Painters from Padua Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub