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Marcello Venusti (1512/5 – 15 October 1579) was an Italian Mannnerist painter active in Rome in mid 16th century. Native to Mazzo di Valtellina near Como he was reputed to have been a pupil of Perino del Vaga. He is known for a scaled copy of the Michelangelo’s Last Judgement commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and completed in the master’s lifetime and meeting his approval. His painting of Christ in the Garden is in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj.
