Bernardino Campi

Giulio Campi and Antonio Campi, half-brothers, were distant relatives of Bernardino; the latter is generally considered the most talented of the family. All were active and prominent painters locally. Influences on Bernardino include local Cremonese such as Camillo Boccaccino and artists from neighbouring regions such as Correggio, Parmigianino and Giulio Romano. He made a number of sets of copies of the Eleven Caesars by Titian, then in the Gonzaga collection, adding one of Domitian, which he based on a work by Giulio Romano. Titian's originals were all lost in an 18th-century fire in Madrid. Bernardino was commissioned by Vespasiano Gonzaga to lead a team of artists including Pietro Martire Pesenti in the interior decoration, including frescoes by Bernardino, of the Palazzo del Giardino in Sabbioneta, near Mantua. Among his pupils were Giovanni Antonio Morandi (active 1585), Andrea Mainardi, and Pietro Martire Pesenti, both active in the Palazzo of Guastalla. • Illustration — Emperor Claudius by Bernardino Campi, after the lost painting by Titian

Sofonisba Anguissola and Coriolano Malagavazzo are recorded as having studied under Bernardino Campi. The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Bernardino Campi is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Nationalmuseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci".

• Name — Bernadino Campi • Born — 1522 • Birthplace — Reggio Emilia • Died — 18 August 1591 • Place of death — Reggio Emilia • Occupation — Painter • Illustration — Madonna in Glory by Bernardino Campi