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The early decades of the sixteenth century in Cremona were some of the most turbulent in its political history. In these years of constantly changing foreign rulers, the local leaders of Cremona pursued an elaborate project of decoration with remarkable consistency. From 1506 to 1522 the community had the chancel and nave of the twelve-century cathedral frescoed.

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About the Artist

Altobello Melone

1485 – 1543

Italian painter. The formation of the artist, based on the culture of Ferrara at the end of the fifteenth century, had subsequently drawn some of its characteristics from the Venetian circles in which Giorgione and Dürer prevailed. This milieu had also a remarkable influence on the Ferrarese Mazzolino, whose analogies with Melone have been stressed. In Cremona, Melone encountered the old Girolamo Romanino. In 1516 he was commissioned to fresco the Cathedral of Cremona, work which continued till 1518. His contract required that his frescoes be more beautiful than his predecessor, Boccaccio Boccaccino. He worked alongside with Giovanni Francesco Bembo.

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