[1] He was the pupil of il Moretto, and respected for painting altarpieces in the Duomo Vecchio including one of the Virgin and Child with Saints Cecilia and Catherine.
However he was expelled from the studio for "lubricious sins" (peccando singolarmente per piacere ad imbelli ed indotte persone di troppa lisciatura ).
His first occupation can somehow explain the anomalous absence of youth paintings and the subsequent predilection for overloaded compositions, full of ornaments.
The contrast is evident in the early days, marked by a more careful recovery of Moretto, and maturity, aimed at decorative exuberance, which leads him to achieve a pictorial style that can be considered Mannerist.
This leads to its dating shortly after The Meeting of Abraham with Melchizedek; the gestures of the characters still allow us a good overview, harmonious and solemn, even though the figures appear more minute.