Antonio Campi

Antonio Campi (c. 1522–1587) was born in Cremona, the half-brother of the painter Giulio Campi and the full brother of Vincenzo Campi. He probably trained with Giulio in a style tending towards Mannerism, and his early work reflects Camillo Boccaccino, himself a follower of Parmigianino. He worked mainly in Cremona and Milan, decorating the chapel of San Giovanni in San Sigismondo, Cremona, over almost twenty years. From the late 1560s, possibly through contact with Charles Borromeo, his devotional pictures grew more expressive, and his Adoration of the Shepherds and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence for San Paolo Converso in Milan have a naturalism that anticipates Caravaggio. He was also an architect, serving the cathedral works in Cremona from 1580, and in 1585 published Cremona fedelissima, an illustrated history of the city. He died in Cremona. Here: Mysteries of Christ's Passion.