Campi

Campi, a family of artists of some note, at Cremona, in the middle and near the close of the 16th century. GIULIO CAMPI, the oldest brother (1500-72), studied painting, sculpture, and architecture under Giulio Romano, and has left a fine altar-piece at Cremona, full of the Venetian beauty of colouring.—ANTONIO CAMPI was a successful imitator of Correggio, and had some merit as an architect and engraver. He wrote a chronicle of his native place, and died after 1591.—VINCENZO CAMPI (died 1591) excelled in small figures; some of his portraits and paintings of fruits also are highly valued.—BERNARDINO CAMPI (1522-90) was the son of a goldsmith, and possibly a kinsman of the three brothers Campi. He studied first under Giulio, but soon excelled his master. Although he imitated the works of Titian with such success that it has been difficult to distinguish the copies from the originals, he is not purely Venetian in his style, but borrowed much from both Correggio and Raphael. Many of his works are found in Mantua and Cremona, and are highly valued.