Gaudenzio Ferrari (c.1471-1546)

• Was a Northern Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance.
• Gaudenzio was born to Franchino Ferrari at Valduggia in the Valsesia in the Duchy of Milan.
• He is said to have first learned the art of painting at Vercelli from Gerolamo Giovenone.
• He subsequently studied in Milan, in the school of the Cathedral artisan Giovanni Stefano Scotti.
• Circa 1504 he proceeded to Florence.
• He died in Milan.
• Gaudenzio was not related to Defendente Ferrari, nor to Eusebio Ferrari.
• He was a very prolific painter, distinguished by strong animation.
• His subjects were always religious.
• Andrea Solario, Giovanni Battista Cerva, Gian Paolo Lomazzo, and Fermo Stella were his principle students. 
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