Dates | 1508 - 1573 |
Roles | Artist |
Nationality | Italian |
Leading member of an artistic dynasty in Cremona, Giulio Campi trained his much younger brother, with whom he sometimes collaborated; his own sons; and a group of pupils who dominated Cremonese painting in the last half of the 1500s. According to Giorgio Vasari, Campi learned painting from his father, though his early creations were also indebted to Pordenone's
Around 1539, Campi and his rival were both painting decorations in Cremona's church of San Sigismondo. In this competitive context, Campi created some of his most energetic works. His