About Leonardo Brescia
Lived 1520 – 1582 (aged 61–62). Leonardo Brescia was a painter, sculptor and draftsperson.
Leonardo Brescia (1520–1582) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born and active in Ferrara, and worked with Bastianino. He painted an Assumption of the Virgin for the church of II Gesu, an Annunciation for the Madonna del Buon Amore; and a Resurrection for Santa Monica. He also painted the Virgin Mary for the church of III Gesu, which was an Annunciation for the Leonardo Da Vinci.
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Who was Leonardo Brescia?
Italian painter (1520-1582)
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Leonardo Brescia was born in 1520 in Ferrara.
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Leonardo Brescia died in 1582 in Ferrara.
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Leonardo Brescia was a painter, sculptor and draftsperson.
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