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. He painted numerous altar-pieces for the churches and convents of that city. In the Chiesa degli Eremitani, he painted some subjects from the

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, and two pictures of 'St. Peter' and 'St. Paul,' and in the church of the

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monastery the principal altar-piece is by him.

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