Campi

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Introduction

Campi, family of 16th-century Italian painters of Cremona. The most important members of the family were the four sons of Galeazzo Campi (1470-1536), who painted religious pictures.

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Giulio Campi (1502-1573)

Giulio Campi was born in Cremona and received training there from his father and later in Mantua from the Italian architect and painter Giulio Romano. Giulio Campi is best known for building and decorating the church of Santa Margherita in Cremona. He also painted frescoes in the cathedral in Cremona and in other churches in Cremona and Milan. His portrait of his father is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Among his students were his brothers.

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Antonio Campi (1523-1587)

Antonio Campi was born in Cremona and trained with his brother Giulio, collaborating with him on the frescoes for Santa Margherita. He was one of the artists commissioned by Philip II of Spain to decorate the Escorial (a palace and monastery built by Philip II, finished in 1584). He painted the Birth of Christ fresco in the church of San Paolo in Milan. He was also a sculptor, architect, and writer.

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Vincenzo Campi (about 1530-1591)

Vincenzo Campi, also born in Cremona, also trained with his brother Giulio. In addition to altarpieces and other religious works, he painted scenes from daily life and portraits. Some of these can be seen in the Brera Gallery in Milan.

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