Giovanni Pietro Gnocchi was an

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painter, active during the late 16th century in

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in a late-

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styles.

Biography

He was born in Milan, and a pupil of

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entry by Rossella Faraglia, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 57 (2001). His altarpiece depicting the ''Madonna and child with Saints Margherita d'Antiochia, Sant'Ambrogio (?), San Domenico, Santa Liberata e Santa Faustina'' is in the Museo Civici of

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. He was active in Como in 1577–1579.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gnocchi, Giovanni Pietro Mannerist painters Painters from Milan 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown