Giovanni Battista Tinti

Giovanni Battista Tinti, The Assumption of the Virgin, 1591. Altarpiece in Cathedral of Parma

Giovanni Battista Tinti (1558-1617) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He studied first under Orazio Samacchini in Bologna, and subsequently established himself in Parma, where he took Tibaldi, Correggio, and Parmigianino for his models. He painted an Assumption for the cathedral of Parma.[1] He painted the cupola frescoes for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Parma.

References

  1. Dizionario biografico dei parmigiani illustri o benemeriti, by Giovanni Battista Janelli, (1876) page 439.


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