Simone Peterzano
Milanese painter of the Cinquecento

Simone Peterzano

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Milanese painter of the Cinquecento
A.K.A.
Simone Veneziano, Simone Veneziano Petrazzano, Simone Veneziano Pretezzano, Simone Petrazzano, Simone Veneziano Petarzano, Simone Pretezzano, Simone Petarzano, Simone Veneziano Peterzano
Gender:
Male
Places:
Italy
Is:
Painter
Work field:
Arts
Birth:
1540(Bergamo, Italy)
Death:
1596(Milan, Italy)
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Simone Peterzano (c. 1535–1599) was an Italian painter of the later Mannerism, native of Venice. He is mostly known as the master of Caravaggio.

A pupil of Titian in Venice, Peterzano debuted in Milan with the counterfaçade frescoes in San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore (1573), influenced by Veronese and Tintoretto. 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. His last works, characterized by a coldmonumental 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 Bioggio (Canton Ticino) and an altarpiece with St. Ambrose between Sts. Gervasius and Protasius in the Duomo of Milan (1592, now in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana).

Deposition of Christ, church of San Fedele, Milan

Sources

  • Gregori, Mina (1992). "Sul venetismo di Simone Peterzano". Arte documento (6): 263–269.