Giovanni Battista Zelotti
(1526–1578) Italian painter (1526-1578)
Giovanni Battista Zelotti (1526–1578) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Giovanni Battista Zelotti belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.
Giovanni Battista Zelotti was born in Verona and died in Mantua. Giovanni Battista Zelotti studied under Antonio Badile. Giovanni Battista Zelotti worked in Venice. Wikidata associates Giovanni Battista Zelotti with Mannerism and Veronese school.
The best-known works include ‘Venice Seated upon the Globe and upon a Lion’ and ‘Venus between Mars and Neptune’. The catalogue has 7 works by Giovanni Battista Zelotti with free images. The dated works span the years 1557–1580. Works by Giovanni Battista Zelotti are held by several collections, among them Victoria and Albert Museum, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, National Gallery of Ireland, and Munich Central Collecting Point.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Anthonis van den Wyngaerde, Ascanio Condivi, Giovanni Battista Moroni, Antonio Campi, and Jacob Grimmer.