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): Anita Loos • Channing Tatum • Coke (footballer) • Colin Anderson (footballer) • Filiberto Ojeda Ríos • Frederick Law Olmsted • Giancarlo Esposito • Hack Wilson • Ilias Tsirimokos • Jeanne Sauvé • Jerry Blackwell • Joan Chen • John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria) • Kiko (footballer, born 1972) • Novlene Williams-Mills • Pedro Pierluisi • Sandra Schmitt

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