About Pietro Calzetta
Lived 1430 – 1486 (aged 55–56). Pietro Calzetta was a painter, fresco painter and printmaker.
Pietro Calzetta (fl. 1470–1500) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He was son-in-law of Montagnana and a pupil of Squarcione. He painted in the chapel of Corpus Christi at the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. In 1470, he restored some works of Stefano da Ferrara, and in the same year he contracted to work with Jacopo Montagnana and Matteo del Pozzo at the decorations of the Cappella Gattamelata in the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. Up till the year 1500, he was still employed in that church, where he also painted an Ecce Homo for another of the chapels.
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Who was Pietro Calzetta?
Italian painter of the Renaissance
When was Pietro Calzetta born?
Pietro Calzetta was born in 1430 in Padua.
When did Pietro Calzetta die?
Pietro Calzetta died in 1486 in Padua.
What was Pietro Calzetta's occupation?
Pietro Calzetta was a painter, fresco painter and printmaker.
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