Odoardo Fialetti was an Italian

Italy

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 painter and printmaker who began his training during the late Renaissance, and showed distinct mannerist sensibilities in his mid-career, adopting a much looser and more dynamic style in his later life. Born in Bologna

Bologna

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, he initially apprenticed with Giovanni Battista Cremonini

Giovanni Battista Cremonini

Giovanni Battista Cremonini was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. Born in Cento, but mostly active in Bologna. Active in fresco decoration of houses, he was aided by his cousin, Bartolommeo Ramenghi. One of his pupils was Odoardo Fialetti.-References:*...

, and after traveling to Rome, he moved to Venice

Venice

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 to work in the elderly Tintoretto

Tintoretto

Tintoretto , real name Jacopo Comin, was a Venetian painter and a notable exponent of the Renaissance school. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso...

's studio. From 1604 to 1612, he is listed as member of the Venetian Fraglia dei Pittori. In Venice, he painted a St Agnes for the church of San Nicolò da Tolentino

San Nicolò da Tolentino

The Chiesa di San Nicolò da Tolentino, commonly known as the Tolentini, is a church in Venice, northern Italy, the home of the Theatines order in the city. The Theatines arrived in Venice in 1527 after the Sack of Rome. The church dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Tolentino was begun in 1590 by...

 and scenes from the Life of St Dominic for the sacristy of the Santi Giovanni e Paolo.