Italian painter, active mainly in Perugia. He was also called (erroneously) Giannicola di Paolo Manni. The artist was employed in the workshop of Perugino, with whom he collaborated on numerous works, including the Last Supper in the church of Sant'Onofrio, Florence. Later as an independent painter he set up a workshop in Piazza del Sopramura, the same square occupied by that of his former master, and his style remained heavily influenced by Perugino throughout his career. Evidence of pouncing in the execution of some paintings, such as the Annunciation attributed to Giannicola in the National Gallery, London, suggest that Perugino's cartoons were freely accessible to him. Rather than directly copying Perugino's paintings, the artist likely made his own drawings from his master's modelli while working in his studio. //