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Giovanni de Mio

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Giovanni de Mio or Demio, also called il Fratino or Fratina or l'Indemio, (after 1510 in Schio – c. 1570) was an Italian painter and mosaicist of the Renaissance.

Biography

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He was said to have been a pupil of Giovanni Battista Maganza in Vicenza.[1] He is documented to have been active in 1537 (Venice), in 1538–1539 (Pisa with Vincenzo Bianchini (painter)[2]), in 1544-1548 (at the Sauli Chapel in Santa Maria delle Grazie. He also painted frescoes in Villa Thiene in Quinto Vicentino,[3] and in a church in Torrebelvicino. In 1556 he painted some canvases for the Biblioteca Marciana.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Biografia degli artisti, Volume one, Venice, Francesco de Boni, 1840, page 657.
  2. ^ Notizie di artisti tratte dai documenti pisani By Leopoldo Tanfani, page 490.
  3. ^ Palladio Museum, frescoes at Villa Thiene.
  4. ^ Treccani Encyclopedia .