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Il Sodoma
Sign in to saveAlso known as Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, Sodoma, Giovanni Antonio Bazzi Sodoma, Sodano, Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, known as Sodoma, Sodamo, Soddoma, Sodema
Italian Renaissance painter (1477-1549)
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Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, known by the pseudonym Il Sodoma, was an Italian painter active during the Renaissance and the Sienese school. Born in Vercelli in 1477, he specialized in landscape painting. His professional name was also recorded as Maestro Antonio da Verzelli.
Il Sodoma died in Siena on February 14, 1549. His works are held in the collections of the Museo del Prado, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the National Gallery of Art, and the Städel Museum. He is described in sources including *Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects*, *The Catholic Encyclopedia*, the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.
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Key facts
- Born
- Giovanni Antonio Bazzi , 1477 ( 1477 ) , Vercelli , Duchy of Savoy
- Died
- 14 February 1549 (1549-02-14) (aged 71–72) , Siena , Republic of Siena
- Education
- Martino Spanzotti , Gerolamo Giovenone
- Movement
- High Renaissance Sienese School
- Patrons
- Agostino Chigi , Pope Julius II , Pope Leo X
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giovanni
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Vercelli
- Place of death
- Siena
- Occupation
- painter
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- landscape painting
- Movement
- Sienese school
- Image
- Giovanni Antonio Bazzi – Il Sodoma.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sodoma
- date of birth
- 1477-01-01
- date of death
- 1549-02-14
- Commons Creator page
- Sodoma
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- birth name
- Giovanni Antonio Bazzi
- ethnic group
- Italians
- name in native language
- Il Sodoma
- pseudonym
- Il Sodoma
- name
- Maestro Antonio da Verzelli
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Il Sodoma, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Alexander Wedding
Saint Victor
Adoration of the Child
Elephant and camel rider
Adolescent Saint
Lucretia
The family of Darius kneels before Alexander, who asks Sisigambes, the mother of Darius, to get up
Benedict scenes
Caritas
Lucretia
The acceptance of the cross
The Holy Family
The Greater Scipio
Wall art
Ascension of Mary
The dying Lucrezia
The Presentation of Mary in the Temple
The Resurrection of Christ
Supper
Saint Ivo is right
Saint Ivo right speaking
The Rescue of the Soul of a Behalved
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Encyclopedic overview
Il Sodoma (1477 – 14 February 1549) was the name given to the Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Antonio Bazzi. Il Sodoma painted in a manner that superimposed the High Renaissance style of early 16th-century Rome onto the traditions of the provincial Sienese school; he spent the bulk of his professional life in Siena, with two periods in Rome.
Biography
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