Campi

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Introduction

Campi, family of 16th-century painters of Cremona. The most important members of the family were the four sons of Galeazzo Campi (1470-1536), who painted religious pictures.

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Giulio Campi (c. 1500-1572)

Trained by his father and the architect-painter Giulio Romano, he is best known for building and decorating Santa Margherita in Cremona. He also painted frescoes in the cathedral in Cremona and in other churches in Cremona and Milan. Among his students were his three brothers.

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Bernardino Campi (1522-1591)

He is best known for the frescoes in the cupola of San Sigismondo in Cremona.

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Antonio Campi (c. 1525-1587)

He was one of the artists commissioned by Philip II of Spain to decorate El Escorial (a palace and monastery built by Philip II, finished in 1584). He painted the Birth of Christ fresco in the church of San Paolo, Milan. He was also a sculptor, architect, and writer.