Francesco Zucco
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Francesco Zucco was an Italian
Italy
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 painter. The year of his birth is uncertain, but is known to be no later than 1575. Zucco studied art for a time in Cremona
Cremona
Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...

 before returning to Bergamo; there he associated with painters such as Giovanni Paolo Cavagna
Giovanni Paolo Cavagna
Giovanni Paolo Cavagna was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo. He trained in Venice with the studio of Titian, then became a pupil of Giovanni Battista Moroni in Bergamo. His son Francesco, called Cavagnuola, was also a painter...

 and Enea Salmeggia
Enea Salmeggia
Enea Salmeggia was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in his native city of Bergamo....

. He painted both religious and secular pieces in a fairly traditional Baroque style; the Adoration of the Magi and Virgin and Child in the parish church of Levate
Levate
Levate is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,388 and an area of 5.3 km².Levate borders the following municipalities: Comun...

 are reminiscent of the work of Giovanni Battista Moroni
Giovanni Battista Moroni
Giovanni Battista Moroni was a North Italian painter of the Late Renaissance period. He is also called Giambattista Moroni...

. He was active for the duration of his career all around the Province of Bergamo
Province of Bergamo
The Province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,098,740 , an area of 2,722.86 square km, and contains 244 comuni...

, and painted works for churches in Albino
Albino, Italy
Albino is a comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located north of Bergamo and is situated in the Seriana valley. The population continues to increase.- History:...

, Alzano Lombardo
Alzano Lombardo
Alzano Lombardo is a commune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.Alzano received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree of March 11, 1991....

, Brembate
Brembate
Brembate is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Bergamo...

, Camerata Cornello
Camerata Cornello
Camerata Cornello is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km north of Bergamo....

, Capriate San Gervasio
Capriate San Gervasio
Capriate San Gervasio is a comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy.It is situated on the southern tip of the so-called Bergamasca Island, a territory delimited by the rivers Adda and Brembo. It includes three frazioni at slightly different altitudes, San Gervasio d'Adda , Capriate...

, Entratico
Entratico
Entratico is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about east of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,620 and an area of 4.1 km²....

, Foresto Sparso
Foresto Sparso
Foresto Sparso is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km east of Bergamo...

, Orio al Serio
Orio al Serio
Orio al Serio is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km southeast of Bergamo.Orio al Serio Airport is located in the territory of the village....

 (a Virgin and Child), Scanzorosciate
Scanzorosciate
Scanzorosciate is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 6 km northeast of Bergamo...

, Villa di Serio
Villa di Serio
Villa di Serio is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 6 km northeast of Bergamo...

, Ubiale Clanezzo
Ubiale Clanezzo
Ubiale Clanezzo is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km northwest of Bergamo...

, Peia
Peia
Peia is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km northeast of Bergamo...

, Suisio
Suisio
Suisio is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Bergamo...

, Luzzana
Luzzana
Luzzana is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km east of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 776 and an area of 3.4 km²....

, Selvino
Selvino
Selvino is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km northeast of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,045 and an area of 6.4 km².Selvino borders the following municipalities:...

, Sorisole
Sorisole
Sorisole is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km north of Bergamo...

, and Zandobbio
Zandobbio
Zandobbio is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km east of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,412 and an area of 6.5 km².Zandobbio borders the following municipalities:...

. Some of his religious works may still be seen in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore
Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo
The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is a church in Bergamo, Northern Italy.-History:The church was founded in 1137 on the site of another church from the 8th century dedicated to St Mary, which had been in turn erected over a Roman temple of the Clemence. The high altar was consecrated in 1185 and...

 in Bergamo, while other paintings are in that city's Accademia Carrara
Accademia Carrara
The Accademia Carrara is an art gallery and an academy of fine arts in Bergamo, Italy.-History:The origins of the art gallery lie with the Count Giacomo Carrara, a wealthy collector and patron of the arts, who left a generous legacy to the city of Bergamo at the end of the 18th century.After the...

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Zucco married one Aurelia Chiesa, and had three children; he died at home in Bergamo in 1627.
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