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Enea Salmeggia, known as Talpino or Salmezza (Nembro, before 1575 – Bergamo, 25 February 1626), was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance, active mainly in Bergamo. From a young age, he tried to learn the pictorial arts from Bergamo artists, although it is hypothesized that he may have received training at the workshop of Simone Peterzano, located in Milan, it is estimated that precisely at Peterzano's school, Salmeggia met Caravaggio who was student from 1584 to 1588. Read the full biography

Enea Salmeggia, known as Talpino or Salmezza (Nembro, before 1575 – Bergamo, 25 February 1626), was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance, active mainly in Bergamo. From a young age, he tried to learn the pictorial arts from Bergamo artists, although it is hypothesized that he may have received training at the workshop of Simone Peterzano, located in Milan, it is estimated that precisely at Peterzano's school, Salmeggia met Caravaggio who was student from 1584 to 1588. He signed the paintings with the wording Salmezza il Talpino, so much so that in some documents the wording appears: Enea Salmezza painter, finger Talpino. The greatest artistic prolificacy of Salmeggia, considered by many to be a "Raphael from Bergamo", however occurred in his homeland. He was able to grasp the legacy of the 16th century Lombard painting of Bernardino Luini and Correggio, as well as Moretto, who was very present in Bergamo. Salmeggia used to rework models already depicted, reporting easily identifiable details even if sometimes in different scales, or with the cardboard technique, so as to facilitate recognition of his works. Tassi in his Lives of Bergamo painters and architects reported some parts of the study on human anatomy published by Salmeggia in 1607 of which no evidence remains.