Picenardi, Carlo (1)

Picenardi, Carlo (1)

(called The Elder), an. Italian painter who accordilng to Zaist, flourished at Cremona about 1600. He was of a patriciani family, and a faIvorite pupil of Lodtovica Caracci. He executed somne works for the churches of his native city, and painted some burlesque histories which gained him considerable reputation. He died young.