Pietro Malombra (1556–1618) was an Italian painter of the late-

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, active in his adoptive city of Venice. He was an educated man who became chancellor of the republic. Malombra was born in

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. According to Ticozzi, he befriended and learned painting from

Giuseppe Porta Giuseppe Porta (1520–1575), also known as Giuseppe Salviati, was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mostly in Venice. Biography Caterina d’Alessandria con i Santi Gerolamo, Giovanni Battista, Giacomo Apostolo San Fr ...

. He often represented events of state, but also decorated government offices and churches in Venice and

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. He was also a poet. He was born to a wealthy family, and initially painted for joy, but soon became impoverished, and had to paint for sustenance. He painted a number of canvases for the church of San Francesco di Paola in the sestiere of Castello in Venice. He is known for painting civic functions of the councils of Venice. He died in

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. His son, Giuseppe Malombra, was also a painter.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Malombra, Pietro 1556 births 1618 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Cremona Painters from Venice Italian Renaissance painters