About Damiano Mazza
Lived 1550 – 1576 (aged 25–26). Damiano Mazza was an Italian painter.
Damiano Mazza (active 1573–1590) was an Italian Renaissance artist. He lived in the Venetian city of Padua, 40 km west of Venice. It is known that he studied under Titian.
Mazza's best-known painting is The Rape of Ganymede in the National Gallery, London, which originally adorned the ceiling of a lawyer's house in Padua. He also painted an icon of the Madonna for the Santuario della Beata Vergine della Porta in Guastalla.
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Who was Damiano Mazza?
Italian painter (1550–1576)
When was Damiano Mazza born?
Damiano Mazza was born in 1550 in Padua.
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Damiano Mazza died in 1576 in Venice.
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Damiano Mazza was a painter.
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Damiano Mazza was Italian.
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