Fermo Stella

Fermo Stella (c. 1490 – c. 1562) was an Italian painter of Lombardy and Piedmont, mostly in rural churches and sanctuaries.

Born in Caravaggio, he was a pupil or a follower of Gaudenzio Ferrari.

[1] Fermo has left a number of sacred subjects throughout the north Lombardy and east Piedmont, including at the Sacro Monte of Varallo, where he worked alongside Bernardino Lanino circa 1530.

[2] He painted the Polyptych of St Ambrose (1547) for the church of Sant'Ambrogio, Omegna.

[3] He also appears to have painted the Polyptych in the church of Sant'Alessandro della Croce, Bergamo.