Luca Cambiasi
(1527–1585) Italian painter (1527-1585)
Luca Cambiasi (1527–1585) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Luca Cambiasi belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.
Luca Cambiasi was born in Moneglia and died in Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
The best-known works include ‘Venus and Adonis’, ‘Baby Jesus’, ‘Descent from the Cross’, and ‘Madonna and Child’. The catalogue has 62 works by Luca Cambiasi with free images. The dated works span the years 1550–1600. Works by Luca Cambiasi are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Mauritshuis, and Cleveland Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giovanni Battista Zelotti, Hubert Goltzius, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Marten Van I Cleve, and Melchior Lorck.