DEFENDENTE FERRARI

The ''Dispute in the Temple'', Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart.

'Defendente Ferrari' (c. 1480/1485 - c. 1540) was an Italian painter active in Piedmont.
Ferrari was born at Chivasso, near Turin. After studying in the workshop of Giovanni Martino Spanzotti, he met a considerable success as author of polyptychs and altarpieces, characterized by a higly decorative style inspired by Northern Europe masters.

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Selected works



★ Triptych (1507) - in the Sacra di San Michele, Piedmont

★ ''Nativity'' (1511) - Church of St. John, Avigliana, Italy

★ Polyptych of ''Sant'Ivo'' - Galleria Sabauda, Turin

★ ''Bianzè Polypthych'' - Museo Civico di Arte Antica, Turin

★ ''St. Jerome in Penitence'' - Museo Borgogna, Vercelli, Italy

★ ''the Mourning of Christ'' - Cathedral of Chivasso, Italy

★ ''Madonna and Child'' - Galleria Palatina, Pitti Palace, Florence

References



★ Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, , Giovanni, Romano, , 1996,

External links



★ Page with description of some works

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