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| Sampson Destroying the Temple c. 1550 |
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| St. Roch Interceding with Christ for Plague Sufferers c. 1567-73 |
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| Decorative Scheme for a Ceiling c. 1565-70 |
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| 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.
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| Allegory c. 1560 |
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| Apollo c. 1560 |
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| Diana c. 1560 |
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| Mercury c. 1560 |
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| Neptune & Caenis c. 1560 |
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| Wedding of Pirithöus & Hippodamia (detail) c. 1560 |
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| 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.