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Il Sodoma

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Also 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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Il Sodoma, born Giovanni Antonio Bazzi in Vercelli in 1477, was an Italian male painter active during the Renaissance and associated with the Sienese school. He is also referred to by the name Maestro Antonio da Verzelli. His artistic field was painting, with a specific genre focus on landscape painting. He died in Siena on February 14, 1549.

Works by Il Sodoma are held in several major institutions, including the Museo del Prado, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the National Gallery of Art, and the Städel Museum. The artist is described in sources such as *Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects*, *The Catholic Encyclopedia*, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the 11th edition of *Encyclopædia Britannica*.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Siena
Active from
1477
Active to
1549

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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
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
birth name
Giovanni Antonio Bazzi
ethnic group
Italians
name in native language
Il Sodoma
pseudonym
Il Sodoma
name
Maestro Antonio da Verzelli
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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Il Sodoma, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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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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