Altobello Melone (c. 1490–1491 - 1543)
• Was an Italian painter of the Renaissance.
• Melone was born in Cremona.
• His work merges Lombard and Mannerist styles.
• In Cremona, he encountered the elder Girolamo Romanino.
• He was commissioned in December 1516 to fresco the Cathedral of Cremona, work which continued till 1518.
• He worked alongside Giovanni Francesco Bembo and Paolo da Drizzona.
• Francesco Prata was influenced by Melone.
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