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Vicenzo Caccianemici (active 1530) was an Italian painter of the
Vicenzo Caccianemici (active 1530) was an Italian painter of the 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 ...
period. He was born in Bologna, and trained under Parmigianino
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (, , ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bo ...
. Vasari
Giorgio Vasari (, also , ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance Master, who worked as a painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, who is best known for his work ''The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculpt ...
mentions a picture by this artist in the chapel of the family of Elefantuzzi in San Petronio
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at Bologna
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, representing ''The Decollation of St. John'' and another picture of the same subject, differently treated, in the Cappella Macchiavelli in San Stefano. There are a few etchings including ''Diana returning from the Chase'' and a ''Landscape, with a Nymph and Dogs'', ''The Death of Abel'', The ''Adoration of the Shepherds'' probably after a design by Parmigianino, and finally a ''St. Jerome in a Grotto''.
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* 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Renaissance painters Italian etchers Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub