Giovanni Battista Cremonini
Italian painter
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Giovanni Battista Cremonini (c. 1550 - 1610) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.
Biography
Born in Cento, but mostly active in Bologna. His father Matteo Cremonini was also a painter. Giambattista was active in fresco decoration of houses, he was aided by his cousin, Bartolommeo Ramenghi.[1] One of his pupils was Odoardo Fialetti.
Among his works in Bologna are the following:[2]
- Frescoes in the Casa Lucchini
- St Jerome and St Lawrence for Chapel of the Annunciation of the church of San Domenico
- Above entrance to Church of San Francesco in Bologna
- Decorations in Cantone of the Colegio di Spagna
- Crucifix for church of the Scalzi
- History of the building of the church in first chapel of the church of Santa Maria del Monte
- Decorations lateral to Francesco Francia's altarpiece of St Roch in Chiesa della Morte
- Infirmary of San Michele in Bosco