Peterzano called himself a pupil of Titian and would sometimes sign his works titiani alumnus.

[1] He debuted in Milan with the counterfaçade frescoes in San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore (1573), influenced by Veronese and Tintoretto.

In the same period he painted a Nativity with saints and angels in the church of Santa Maria di Canepanova in Pavia.

[3] His last works, characterized by a cold monumental style, include a fresco with Stories of St. Anthony of Padua for the church of Sant'Angelo, a canvas with Madonna with Child and Saints for the parish church of Bioggio (Canton Ticino) and an altarpiece with St. Ambrose between Sts.

Painters of reality: The Legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy, an exhibition catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (available online as PDF), which contains material on Peterzano (see index).