Giovanni Battista Discepoli (1590–1660) was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the Baroque

Baroque

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 period, active mainly in Milan

Milan

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Born in Lugano

Lugano

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, he was called by some, Lo Zoppo di Lugano, from his being a cripple. He was a pupil of the painter Camillo Procaccini

Camillo Procaccini

thumb|300px|Nativity by Camillo ProcacciniCamillo Procaccini was an Italian painter. He has been posthumously referred to as the Vasari of Lombardy, for his prolific Mannerist fresco decoration....

. In Milan, he painted a Purgatory for the church of San Carlo, and an Adoration of the Magi originally painted for San Marcello is now in the Brera Gallery. Lugano also has some of his works; in the church of Santa Teresa at Como

Como

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 is a picture of that Saint. One of his pupils was Pompeo Ghiti from Brescia.