Giovanni Bernardo Lama
Illustration — Giovanni Bernardo Lama, Pieta, oil on panel, 107.3 x 76.2 cm Giovanni Bernardo Lama (1508–1579) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples. He was the son of a generally unknown artist, Matteo Lama. He was the apprentice of Giovanni Antonio D’Amato, then Polidoro da Caravaggio who had fled Rome after the Sack of 1527.
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- Born
- 1508 · Naples.
- Died
- 1579 · Naples.
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- painter
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Born at Naples in 1508, died in Naples in 1579.
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Napoli. Chiesa dei S.S. Severino e Sossio.
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1508
Giovanni Bernardo Lama born at Naples.
1579
Giovanni Bernardo Lama died at Naples.
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