biography
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Sodoma, il
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(‘The Sodomite’), originally Giovanni Antonio Bazzi
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1477–1549)
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| biography:
| Religious and historical painter, born in Vercelli, Duchy of Savoy. A Lombard, he painted frescoes in Monte Oliveto Maggiore near Siena, before being called to the Vatican in 1508, where he began to paint the fresco of ‘The Marriage of Alexander and Roxane’ in the Villa Farnesina. He was later superseded by Raphael. A known homosexual, his name is likely to have been started as a joke, but was adopted by him as his professional name. |
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