Giovanni Antonio di Amato the younger
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Giovanni Antonio d'Amato the younger (il giovane) (c. 1535-1598) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his natal city of Naples.
Born to the brother of painter Giovanni Antonio d'Amato il vecchio; he married the painter Mariangiola Criscuolo. Upon his uncles death, he entered the studio of Giovanni Bernardo Lama, also his uncle's pupil. He had two daughters and one son.
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- De Dominici, Bernardo (1742). Vite dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napolitani (volume 2). Stamperia del Ricciardi, Naples; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on February 1, 2007, pages 347-350..