Leonardo Brescia
Illustration — Assunzione della Vergine, Chiesa del Gesù (Ferrara) Leonardo Brescia (1520–1582) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born and active in Ferrara, and worked with Bastianino. He painted an Assumption of the Virgin for the church of II Gesu, an Annunciation for the Madonna del Buon Amore; and a Resurrection for Santa Monica.
Leonardo Brescia
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- 1520 · Ferrara.
- Died
- 1582 · Ferrara.
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- painter · sculptor · draftsperson
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Illustration — Assunzione della Vergine, Chiesa del Gesù (Ferrara) Leonardo Brescia (1520–1582) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born and active in Ferrara, and worked with Bastianino. He painted an Assumption of the Virgin for the church of II Gesu, an Annunciation for the Madonna del Buon Amore; and a Resurrection for Santa Monica.
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Born at Ferrara in 1520, died in Ferrara in 1582.
Leonardo Brescia (1520–1582) was a painter, sculptor and draftsperson.
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