Giuseppe Mazzuoli (c. 1536 – 9 November 1589) was an Italian painter of the
Mannerist
Mannerism is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, when the Baroque style largely replaced it ...
period, active mainly in the court of
Alfonso II d'Este
Alfonso II d'Este (22 November 1533 – 27 October 1597) was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the House of Este.
Biography
Alfonso was the elder son of Ercole II d'Este and Renée de France, the daughter of Louis XII of F ...
of
Ferrara
Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...
.
He is nicknamed ''il Bastaruolo'' (or ''il Bastarolo'' by authors writing in English), from a dialect term describing his father's profession selling foodstuffs, including corn (biade). He painted the ceiling of the church of the ''Gesu'' in Ferrara, a work started by
Giovanni Francesco Surchi. Mazzuoli was reportedly a pupil of
Dosso Dossi
Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, better known as Dosso Dossi ( 1489–1542) was an Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the School of Ferrara, painting in a style mainly influenced by Venetian painting, in particular Giorgione and early Tit ...
, and the teacher of
Carlo Bononi
Carlo Bononi (1569? - 1632) was an Italian painter. An 1876 book lists him among "the last artists of any eminence in Ferrara". Page 175
Biography
Bononi was active mainly in his home territories of Emilia and Ferrara, and is considered to be a ...
and
Domenico Moni.
[Cittadella, Cesare (1782]
Catalogo istorico de' pittori e scultori ferraresi e delle opere loro.
vol. 1, Ferrara, Italy: Francesco Pomatelli, p. 179. Among his works were some altarpieces for the
Cathedral of Ferrara
Ferrara Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Ferrara, Northern Italy. Dedicated to Saint George, the patron saint of the city, it is the seat of the Archbishop of Ferrara and the largest religious building in the city.
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Census of Ferrarese Paintings and Drawings
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1530s births
1589 deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Mannerist painters
Painters from Ferrara