Mariangiola Criscuolo
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Mariangiola Criscuolo was an Italian
painter of the Renaissance
period, active mainly in her natal city of Naples
.
Born to painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo
; her uncle, Giovanni Angelo
was also a painter. She married the painter Giovanni Antonio d'Amato il giovane. She excelled in painting altarpieces.
Italy
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painter of the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
period, active mainly in her natal city of Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
.
Born to painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo
Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo
Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo was an Italian painter, active during the late-Renaissance period, mainly in Naples.Born in Gaeta, He trained with Andrea da Salerno and with Perino del Vaga in Rome. His brother Giovanni Angelico and daughter Mariangiola were also painters. He apparently wrote a...
; her uncle, Giovanni Angelo
Giovanni Angelo Criscuolo
Giovanni Angelo Criscuolo was the younger brother of Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo. Although he showed an early inclination for art, his father would not permit him to make it his profession, but obliged him to follow the business of a notary...
was also a painter. She married the painter Giovanni Antonio d'Amato il giovane. She excelled in painting altarpieces.