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 | | Born in Brescello, near the city of Brescia, Reggio Emilia, Zatti was both a painter and writer; he studied under Pietro Benvenuti, a successful Florentine artist, and also at the Academy of Modena. |
 | | Benvenuti painted subjects from mythology, such as his well-regarded Pitti Palace commission Hector making remonstrations to Paris, allegorical works, such as his Peace and Justice, and religious paintings that included the work God the Father. |
 | | La Brera de Milan holds in its collection the artist’s Lamentations over the body of Abel, a picture quite different in tone, if not style, from the exquisite portrait seen here. |
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