Gian Paolo Lomazzo

Gian Paolo Lomazzo was an Italian artist and writer on art. Praised as a painter, Lomazzo wrote about artistic practice and art theory after blindness compelled him to pursue a different professional path by 1571. Lomazzo's written works were especially influential to second generation Mannerism in Italian art and architecture.

26 April 1538

Born on the same birth day (26 April): Akseli Gallen-Kallela • Browning Ross • Coke (footballer) • Delon Wright • Dick Johnson (racing driver) • Eddie Eagan • Frederick Law Olmsted • Granny Hamner • James Dooley (Australian politician) • Jessica Lynch • Joseph Ward • Kosuke Fukudome • Ludwig Uhland • Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily • Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs • Oscar Rabin • Samantha Cristoforetti • Sandra Schmitt • Thiago Almada

Born in the same month (April 1538): Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua