Lorenzo Leonbruno (1489 - 1537)

• Also known as Lorenzo de Leombeni.
• Was an Italian painter during the early Renaissance period.
• He was born in Mantua (Mantova), an Italian commune in Lombardy, Italy.
• Lorenzo Leonbruno was adopted by the Mantuan court painter Giovanni Luca de' Liombini, and was raised as Liombini's own son.
• Leonbruno's early training is attributed to the workshop of Andrea Mantegna.
• Leonbruno is most well known for being commissioned by the court of Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, and his wife Isabella d'Este.
• The patronage continued with their eldest son Federico II Gonzaga, who was the fifth Marquis of Mantua.
• Leonbruno was the court painter for the Gonzaga family from 1506-1524.
• Leonbruno's most significant artistic commission was his decoration of the Camera Grande in the Gonzaga palace in Mantua, which was completed in 1523 for his patron Isabella d'Este.
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