Giovanni Martino Spanzotti

Born into a family of painters from Varese, he likely apprenticed with his father, Pietro.

He appears to have had contacts with either Francesco del Cossa or his works, including the Madonna Enthroned (or Madonna Tucker) in the Turin City Museum of Ancient Art.

Spanzotti painted between 1480 and 1498 in the Piedmont, as well as in Casale Monferrato and Vercelli.

Around 1485-1490 he executed a cycle of frescoes of the Life of Christ in the church of San Bernardino in Ivrea.

His pupils included il Sodoma and Defendente Ferrari.

Virgin and Child Enthroned , tempera on panel, ca. 1480, detail of a polyptych , Galleria Sabauda , Turin