Sampson Destroying the Temple c. 1550 |
St. Roch Interceding with Christ for Plague Sufferers c. 1567-73 |
Decorative Scheme for a Ceiling c. 1565-70 |
Two Prophets in Clouds c. 1567-71 |
Lattanzio Gambara, son of a tailor, was born in 1530 in the north Italian town of Brescia. He became a busy professional painter of high seriousness and limited ability. The majority of his energies were devoted to decorative frescoes on the domes and ceilings of provincial palaces and churches.
Allegory c. 1560 |
Apollo c. 1560 |
Diana c. 1560 |
Mercury c. 1560 |
Neptune & Caenis c. 1560 |
Wedding of Pirithöus & Hippodamia (detail) c. 1560 |
Wedding of Pirithöus & Hippodamia (detail) c. 1560 |
Lattanzio Gambara died, hard at work, in his early forties. In 1574 he fell from scaffolding inside a church in his native town of Brescia.