Antonio Cimatori
Antonio Cimatori, called Il Visacci (c. 1550–1623) was an Italian painter.[1]
Life[edit]
Cimatori was a native of Urbino, who excelled in chiaroscuro and in pen and ink drawing, painting mainly religious scenes.[2] He was a scholar of Federico Barocci. Among his pupils was Giulio Cesare Begni.[3]
His paintings of the Annunciation and of St Francesca da Rimini are in the church of S. Biagio in Roncofreddo.[4] He painted an Adoration of the Magi and a Crucifixion for the church of San Giovanni Battista, Rimini.[5]
Works[edit]
- St. Matthew and the Angel
- Works at the Louvre (in the graphic arts department), Paris:
- Annunciation
- Martyrdom of St Sebastian
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Antonio Cimatori.
- ^ "Cimatori, Antonio". Union List of Artist' Names. J Paul Getty Foundation.
- ^ Bryan 1886.
- ^ Catalogo delle pitture che si conservano nelle chiese di Pesaro, 1783, page 81.
- ^ "Church of St Biagio - Roncofreddo". Cesena Tourist Board. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18.
- ^ La patria; geografia dell' Italia: pte. 2. Provincie di Ravenna, Ferrara, Forli', Luigi Borsari, 1901, page 282.
Sources[edit]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Cimatori, Antonio". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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