Pietro Negroni, also called Il Giovane Zingaro ( the young gypsy) and Lo zingarello di Cosenza ( the little gypsy from Cosenza)[Marisa Reale, Pietro Negroni - Lo zingarello di Cosenza, , FPE Franco Pangallo Editore, 2011 ] ( – 1565), was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples. He was known for his altarpieces, mythological scenes and portraits.[Francesco Abbate , Storia dell'arte nell'Italia meridionale: Il Cinquecento, Donzelli Editore, 1997 ]
Life
Negroni was a pupil of the painters Giovanni Antonio D’Amato and
Marco Cardisco, and strongly influenced by Polidoro da Caravaggio. He painted an
Adoration of Magi (1541) and
Scourging of Christ for the church of Santa Maria Donna Regina Vecchia in Naples. He painted a
Virgin with child and angels and saints for Sant'Agnello. He painted a
Virgin and Child for Santa Croce in
Lucca. He painted milk in
Aversa and
Cosenza, and an altarpiece in the church of the Congrega of
Mongrassano in
Calabria.
[ Mongrassano site.] He painted a portrait of a young man now at the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
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External links
Further reading
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Pietro Negroni as a Draughtsman, David Jaffe. The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 127, no. 984, March 1985, pages 157, 159.
