[or
Niccolo dell'Abate
] (born 1512, Modena, Duchy of Modena—died 1571, Fontainebleau, Fr.) Italian painter. He was trained in Modena and developed his mature style under the influence of his contemporaries
Correggio
and
Parmigianino
in Bologna (1544–52). There he painted portraits and decorated palaces with frescoes of landscapes and figure compositions in ...