PIAZZA DA LODI, Italian family of painters
Their workshop dominated art in Lodi in the 16th century. Martino Piazza (c. 1475-c. 1530) and Albertino Piazza (1490-c. 1528) were brothers, who frequently collaborated; both are documented at the Incoronata at Lodi in 1514. Martino's oeuvre has been reconstructed on the basis of two pictures which bear the monogram MPP; he was an eclectic artist, indebted to Leonardo da Vinci. Martino had three sons: Cesare Piazza (active 1523-1562), Callisto Piazza and Scipione Piazza, who was the youngest. Callisto was the dominant figure, and Cesare and Scipione worked with him in Brescia and Lodi. Fulvio (1536-after 1579) was the son of Callisto, and collaborated with him at the Incoronata, Lodi, and elsewhere.
