Giovanni Soncini

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The Virgin Mary with the Baby Jesus, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, and Saint Prosper.
The Virgin Mary with the Baby Jesus, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, and Saint Prosper.

Giovanni Soncini was a painter from Reggio Emilia, Italy, who was active in Parma during the Renaissance.[1] It is likely that he was a pupil of Bernardino Zacchetti from Reggio.[1] Soncini was the godfather of Correggio's second daughter.[1]

According to Mary Vaccaro, writing in the journal Renaissance Studies, Soncini was a "minor painter" who has been "largely, and perhaps deservedly, forgotten in the history of art".[1] There is only one known signed picture by Soncini.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e Vaccaro, Mary. "Artists as godfathers: Parmigianino and Correggio in the baptismal registers of Parma." Renaissance Studies 21 (3), 366–376.