Giovanni Battista Discepoli
Illustration — Giovanni Battista Discepoli, Saint Bernard of Menthon (detail) Giovanni Battista Discepoli (1590–1660), also called "Lo Zoppo di Lugano" from his being a cripple, was a Swiss-Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Milan. Giovanni Battista Discepoli was born in Lugano, Switzerland, he was a pupil of the painter Camillo Procaccini. In Milan, he painted a Purgatory for the church of San Carlo, and an Adoration of the Magi originally painted for San Marcello is now in the Brera Gallery.
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Giovanni Battista Discepoli
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- 1590 · Lugano.
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- Switzerland
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- painter
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- Italian
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Illustration — Giovanni Battista Discepoli, Saint Bernard of Menthon (detail) Giovanni Battista Discepoli (1590–1660), also called "Lo Zoppo di Lugano" from his being a cripple, was a Swiss-Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Milan. Giovanni Battista Discepoli was born in Lugano, Switzerland, he was a pupil of the painter Camillo Procaccini. In Milan, he painted a Purgatory for the church of San Carlo, and an Adoration of the Magi originally painted for San Marcello is now in the Brera Gallery.
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Lugano also has some of his works; in the church of Santa Teresa at Como is a picture of that Saint. One of his pupils was Pompeo Ghiti from Brescia.
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1590
Giovanni Battista Discepoli born at Lugano.
1654
Giovanni Battista Discepoli died at Milan.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Zoppo da Lugano, Zoppo di Lugano, Zoppo di Lugano Discepoli, Giovanni Battista da Lugano and Gio: Batta da Lugano. His recorded language was Italian.
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