Giovanni Stefano Danedi (1608 or 1612–1690) was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the Baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 period.

Biography

He was born at Treviglio

Treviglio

Treviglio is a town and comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It lies 20 km south of the capital city, in the lower territory called "Bassa" marked by the Adda and the Serio rivers....

, and was the brother of Gioseffo Danedi

Gioseffo Danedi

Gioseffo Danedi was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period.He was born at Treviglio, and was the brother of Giovanni Stefano Danedi, and together, they were known as the Montalti. Both received instruction from the Milanese painter Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli...

, also a painter called il Montalto and also a pupil of the painter Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli

Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli

Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli was an Italian painter of the early Baroque era in Milan....

 (il Morazzone) while in Milan

Milan

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. In Milan, he contributed to the decoration of Santa Maria della Grazie

Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan)

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 and the Church of the Carmine. Also painted frescoes (1648) in the presbytery of the Cathedral of Monza

Monza

Monza is a city and comune on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy some 15 km north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of Monza and Brianza. It is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.On June...

. Danedi also painted a series of frescoes (1656) for the Villa Frisiani Mereghetti in Corbeto and (1671-788) for two chapels on the right of the church of the Certosa di Pavia

Certosa di Pavia

The Certosa di Pavia Gra-Car , Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Grace, is a monastery and complex in Lombardy, northern Italy, situated near a small town of the same name in the Province of Pavia, 8 km north of Pavia...

. He also painted for the Sanctuary at the Sacro Monte of Varallo. He died in Milan.

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