Nosadella
Nosadella, full name Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, (active c. 1549–1571) was an Italian painter and draftsman, active during the Mannerist period, mainly in Bologna. He appears to have traveled to Rome.
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Nosadella
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- Name
- Nosadella
- Birth Name
- Giovanni Francesco Bezzi
- Died
- 1571
- Known for
- Painting, drafting
- Movement
- Mannerism
- Full name
- Giovanni Francesco Bezzi.
- Born
- Nosadella was born, sources differ on the date (in 1530 and in 1500). · Bologna.
- Occupation
- painter and printmaker.
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Nosadella, full name Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, (active c. 1549–1571) was an Italian painter and draftsman, active during the Mannerist period, mainly in Bologna. He appears to have traveled to Rome.
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He was a pupil of Pellegrino Tibaldi. Few of his paintings have certain attribution; among them are a Madonna and Child with Saints, painted for the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita in Bologna; and a Circumcision (1571), painted for the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore and completed by Prospero Fontana.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Bologna. Works named in the authority record are The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist. Work by Nosadella is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum and Princeton Art Museum.
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• Name — Nosadella • Birth Name — Giovanni Francesco Bezzi • Died — 1571 • Known for — Painting, drafting • Movement — Mannerism
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1530
Nosadella born at Bologna.
1571
Nosadella died at Bologna.
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Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, genannt Nosadella (2018) — DataCite (Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz)
Sul problema Nosadella-Tibaldi (1976) — Open Library
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