Camillo Boccaccino

Camillo Boccaccino (; 1511 – 4 January 1546) was an Italian painter and draughtsman, active mainly in Cremona and the region of Lombardy who painted in a Mannerist style. Even though he died young and only left a very small body of work, he had an important influence on the development of painting in Northern Italy.

Life

Little is known about the life of the artist. The writings of the 16th century art historians Gian Paolo Lomazzo and Giorgio Vasari are the principal sources of information. He was born in Cremona, the son of the painter Boccaccio Boccaccino and Adriana di Farfengo. He trained with his father who had introduced the style of Giorgione and Raphael in Cremona. He thus became the founder of the Mannerist style in painting in the Po valley.