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