Leonardo da Besozzo

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Leonardo Da Besozzo or Leonardo Dei Molinari (15th century) was an Italian painter, active in Lombardy and Naples.

Biography[edit]

Leonardo is the son of Michelino Molinari da Besozzo, a prominent painter in Lombardy in the early, 15th century.[1]

Born in Besozzo, he also worked in Naples with Perinetto da Benevento in the fresco decoration of the church of San Giovanni a Carbonara.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 75 (2011), entry on Leonardo Dei Molinari by Valerio Da Gai.
  2. ^ Decoration of San Giovanni a Carbonara, by Achille della Ragione.