Giovanni Francesco Bembo [SEP] place of birth
Giovanni Francesco Bembo
Giovanni Francesco Bembo was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cremona, mainly active from 1515 to 1543. He apprenticed with Boccaccio Boccaccino. In 1515, he painted two frescoes: "Presentation in the Temple" and an "Adoration of the Magi" for the Duomo of Cremona. He painted an altarpiece for San Pietro depicting a "Madonna with three saints and a donor" in 1524. In 1530, he painted a "Madonna with Saint Stephen" and in 1540, a "Madonna with St. John the
his work include Monotype Poliphilus roman, Bembo Book roman, Bembo Titling, Morris Fuller Benton's Cloister Old Style italic, Jack Yan's JY Aetna roman, Bitstream Aldine 401 roman, and Franko Luin's Griffo Classico roman and italic; more distant descendants include the romans of Claude Garamond, Giovanni Mardersteig's Dante, Robert Slimbach's Minion and Matthew Carter's Yale Typeface.
Publications.
The publications of Francesco Griffo's at Bologna as cited by "Francesco Griffo da Bologna: Fragments & glimpses: a compendium of information