Giovanni Battista Cremonini Explained

Giovanni Battista Cremonini (c. 1550 - 1610) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.

Biography

Born in Cento, but mostly active in Bologna. His father Matteo Cremonini was also a painter. Giambattista was active in fresco decoration of houses, he was aided by his cousin, Bartolommeo Ramenghi.^[1] One of his pupils was Odoardo Fialetti.

Among his works in Bologna are the following:^[2]

• Frescoes in the Casa Lucchini
• St Jerome and St Lawrence for Chapel of the Annunciation of the church of San Domenico
• Above entrance to Church of San Francesco in Bologna
• Decorations in Cantone of the Colegio di Spagna
• Crucifix for church of the Scalzi
• History of the building of the church in first chapel of the church of Santa Maria del Monte
• Decorations lateral to Francesco Francia's altarpiece of St Roch in Chiesa dell Morte
• Infirmary of San Michele in Bosco

References

• Book: Farquhar, Maria. 1855. Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. . 51. Woodfall & Kinder . London .
• Grove Art Encyclopedia on Artnet biography on Fialetti
• Book: Lanzi, Luigi. Luigi Lanzi. 1847. History of Painting in Italy; From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century. III. . 53. Henry G. Bohn. London .

Notes and References

1. Lanzi p. 53
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EPAAAAQAAJ Catalogo istorico de' pittori e scultori ferraresi e delle opere loro.