Giovanni Battista Zelotti (; 1526 – 28 August 1578) was an Italian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

of the late Renaissance, active in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

and her mainland territories. He appears to have been born in Verona, then part of the Venetian mainland, and trained with

Antonio Badile Antonio Badile (c. 1518 – 1560) was an Italian painter from Verona. Biography He was the grandson of the Veronese 15th-century painter Giovanni Badile. He trained with his uncle Francesco Badile (died 1544). He was the first master of Paolo Ve ...

and

Domenico Riccio Domenico Riccio (also known as commonly known as Domenico Brusasorci; 1516–1567) was an Italian painter in a Mannerist style from Verona, best known for frescos. He first apprenticed with his father. Later, he has been reported to have trai ...

, as well as perhaps Titian. Bernasconi claims he trained with his uncle ''

Paolo Farinati Paolo Farinati (also known as ''Farinato'' or ''Farinato degli Uberti''; c. 1524 – c. 1606) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style, active in mainly in his native Verona, but also in Mantua and Venice. He may have ancestors among Flore ...

''. He is called ''Battista da Verona'' by Vasari, and was also known as ''Battista Farinati''. He was a contemporary of

Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , also , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ''The Wedding at Cana'' (1563) and ''The ...

and shared work in the ''

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'' near Castelfranco (1551) and at Venice: the ceiling of the ''Sala del Consiglio dei Dieci'' in the

Doge's Palace The Doge's Palace ( it, Palazzo Ducale; vec, Pałaso Dogal) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme auth ...

(1553-4); the Biblioteca Marciana (1556-7), and the

Palazzo Trevisan A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...

(1557) on

Murano Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It lies about north of Venice and measures about across with a population of just over 5,000 (2004 figures). It is famous for its glass making. It was on ...

. Zelotti came to embody the Veronese tradition on the mainland. He frescoed

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designed by Andrea Palladio, notably Villa Emo and Villa Foscari, where he worked with Bernardino India and Battista Franco: the exact number of Palladian villas he frescoed is not known. With the painter Giovanni Antonio Fasolo he worked also at

Villa Caldogno Villa Caldogno (also known as Caldogno Nordera) is a villa in the Veneto region of Italy, which is attributed to Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. It was built for the aristocratic Caldogno family on their estate in the village of Cal ...

(about 1570) and at Palazzo Porto Colleoni Thiene. In the 1570s he decorated the Castello del Catajo of the Obizzi family at

Battaglia Terme Battaglia Terme ( vec, Ła Bataja) is a town and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Italy, in the province of Padua. Battaglia lies at the easternmost edge of the volcanic Euganean Hills, and has been noted for its warm saline springs and natural ...

with 40 frescoes.Recently the frescoes at Castello del Catajo have been open to the public (se
''Out of the Shadows, a Camelot of Italian Knights and Daring Deeds''
'' New York Times'', March 13, 2008, Arts section article, by Elisabetta Povoledo). He also worked in Mantua for the house of Gonzaga.

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1526 births 1578 deaths 16th-century Venetian people 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Verona Painters from Vicenza Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub

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