Nationality Italian Education Giulio Romano Died 1576, Mantua, Italy | Name Giovanni Bertani Movement Mannerism Period Mannerism | |
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Born 1516 Mantua Known for Painting and Architecture Patrons Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua | ||
Giovanni Battista Bertani (1516–1576) was an Italian painter and architect of the late Renaissance period. He trained with Giulio Romano in Mantua, and was promoted after Romano's death to the post of prefect of the ducal studio (fabbriche). Painters who assisted him over the years include his brother Domenico, as well as Giovanni Battista del Moro, Geronimo Mazzuola, Paolo Farinato, Domenico Brusasorci, Giulio Campi, and Paolo Veronese. He is said to have completed a partial translation of the work of Vitruvius.
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