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Altobello Meloni
Very little is known about the life of Altobello Meloni. His birthdate and the date of his death are not clearly recorded, and the reconstruction of his oeuvre is equally problematic.
Only two groups of frescoes, which the artist painted in Cremona's cathedral in 1517 and 1518, are reliably documented: in December 1516 he was commissioned to depict the Flight into Egypt and the Massacre of the Innocents.
Both paintings were completed before 15 August 1517.
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The commission for the second fresco campaign was issued on 13 March 1518, and included the Washing of the Feet, the Last Supper, Christ Praying on the Mount of Olives, the Arrest, and Christ before Caiaphas, as well as a series of scenes from the Passion.
In the two earlier paintings from the childhood of Christ, especially, one sees a combination of influences from Venetian and German art, as well as a response to the works of Romanino. In his notes collected between 1521 and 1543, the Venetian collector and hu