Simone Peterzano () was an Italian

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painter. Born in

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, he stressed his links to

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where he probably trained. He is mostly known as the master of

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. Peterzano called himself a pupil of

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and would sometimes sign his works ''titiani alumnus.'' He debuted in

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with the counterfaçade frescoes in

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(1573), influenced by

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and

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. In the same year he painted two canvasses with ''Histories of Sts. Paul and Barnabas'' for the church of San Barnaba, also in Milan. Also from the same period are a ''Pietà'' in the church of San Fedele and a ''Pentecost'' for San Paolo Converso (now in Sant'Eufemia). Between 1578 and 1582 Peterzano executed frescoes in the presbytery of Garegnano Charterhouse, considered one of his masterworks. In the same period he painted a ''Nativity with saints and angels'' in the church of Santa Maria di Canepanova in

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. His last works, characterized by a cold monumental style, include a fresco with ''Stories of St. Anthony of Padua'' for the church of Sant'Angelo, a canvas with ''Madonna with Child and Saints'' for the parish church of

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(

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) and an altarpiece with ''St. Ambrose between Sts. Gervasius and Protasius'' in the

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(1592, now in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana).

References

Sources

* *Graham-Dixon, Andrew (2011). Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane. London: Penguin Books. p. 14.

External links

Painters of reality: The Legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy
', an exhibition catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (available online as PDF), which contains material on Peterzano (see index). 1540s births 1590s deaths Painters from Bergamo 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Mannerist painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub