Antonio Campi

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Fresco by Antonio Campi in the church of San Sigismondo in Cremona.

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St Jerolamus, signed and dated 1563, Milan, Altomani & Sons coll.

Antonio Campi (c. 1522 – 1587) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance.

He was born in Cremona. His style merges Lombard with Mannerist styles. In Cremona, his extended family was the foundation of the Cremonese school of painting. Giulio Campi and Antonio were reportedly half-brothers, while Vincenzo Campi was a full brother. Bernardino Campi may have been a relative. All were active as painters. Among Antonio's pupils are Galeazzo Ghidoni, Ippolito Storto, Giovanni Battista Belliboni, and Giovanni Paolo Fondulo.

Partial anthology of works

• The Mystery of the Passion of Christ, [1]
• Gaius Mucius Scaevola (drawing of Roman voluntarily placing hand into fire),[2]
• Virgin and Child with Saints
• Saint Jerolamus (San Gerolamo) (1563)
• The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (1581)
• Nude Woman (drawing)
• Studies of an Old Woman's Face and a Leg (drawing)
• Francesco Sfondrati (drawing)

References

• Roberto Longhi, Un “San Sebastiano” di Antonio Campi, in “Paragone”, 87, 1957, pp. 66–67.
• Birgit Shell, Antonio Campi, Harvard University, 1978.
• G. Bora, in I Campi. Cultura artistica cremonese del 500, edited by M. Gregori, Milano, 1985, pp. 181–196
• Marco Tanzi, Cremona 1560-1570: novità sui Campi, in “Bollettino d’Arte”, 83, 1994, tav. II.
• Marco Tanzi, I Campi, 5 Continents Editions, 2004.
• Marco Tanzi, Un San Girolamo di Antonio Campi, Altomani & Sons ed., Milano, 2008 (ISBN 978-88-7623-012-7).

External links

• Campi's illustrations for Cremona fidelissima
• Painters of reality: the legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Campi (see index)