Niccolò dell' Abate (1509–1571)

• Was a Mannerist Italian painter.
• Niccolò dell'Abbate was born in Modena.
• He trained together with Alberto Fontana in the studio of Antonio Begarelli.

• His style was modified by exposure to Correggio and Parmigianino, when he moved to Bologna in 1547.
• In Bologna, most of his painting depicted elaborate landscapes and aristocratic genre scenes of hunting and courtly loves, often paralleled in mythologic narratives.
• He spent 1548 through 1552 in Bologna.
• In 1552, Niccolò moved to France, where he worked at the royal Château de Fontainebleau as a member of the decorating team under the direction of Francesco Primaticcio.

• Niccolò's great-nephew, Ercole Abbate of Modena, was one of his pupils.

• He was of the Emilian school, and was part of the team of artists called the School of Fontainebleau.

• Niccolò died in Fontainebleau, France in 1571.

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