Giovanni Battista Trotti
Late-Renaissance painter of Parma school
Giovanni Battista Trotti was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Piacenza, Parma, and his native city of Cremona. In Cremona, he was initially a pupil of Bernardino Campi, whose niece he married. He painted in the Palazzo dei Giardino in Parma. He painted a Crucifixion in the Cremona Cathedral; while in San Pietro, he painted a Santa Maria Egiziaca (St. Mary of Egypt). He painted the Beheading of John the Baptist for San Domenico at Cremona, and in San Francesco and Sant'Agostino at Piacenza. He was employed by the court of Parma, along with Agostino Carracci; and Agostino found Trotti disagreeable on which account he acquired the name of II Malosso (bad bone). Other pictures by him are: a Immaculate Conception for San Francesco Grande, in Piacenza, and a Descent from the Cross, now found in the Brera Academy. He painted frescoes in the cupola of Sant'Abbondi, after designs by Campi, and in the Palazzo del Giordani, in Parma. For these he was rewarded with the title of Cavalière. One of his last works was a Pietà (1607) for the church of San Giovanni Novo in Cremona. Pupils of Trotti include Stefano Lambri, Francesco Superti, Giulio Calvi, and Cristoforo Augusta.
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Artworks by this artist (11 total)
- Scene fra Korsnedtagelsen Klagen over Kristi lig
- Tre profeter
- Marcus Curtius kaster sig med sin hest i kløften
- David med harpe
- Portrait Of A Man, Seated At A Table With An Open Book, Reading A Letter
- Woman Kneeling Facing Left 1555[-]1619
- Besøgelsen
- A Male Saint Followed by a Group of Men, Pointing to a Monstrance on an Altar 1555[-]1619
- Saint John the Baptist Preaching to a Group of Soldiers 16th century
- The Circumcision of Jesus 1555[-]1619
- En engel kranser en knælende kvinde og en knælende soldat, mens to engle i skyerne kommer flyvende med palmegrene og en tredje spiller på orgel