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Antonio Cimatori

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Name
  
Antonio Cimatori


Died
  
1623

Antonio Cimatori, called Il Visacci (c. 1550–1623) was an Italian painter.

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Life

Cimatori was a native of Urbino, who excelled in chiaroscuro and in pen and ink drawing, painting mainly religious scenes. He was a scholar of Federico Barocci. Among his pupils was Giulio Cesare Begni.

His paintings of the Annunciation and of St Francesca da Rimini are in the church of S. Biagio in Roncofreddo. He painted an Adoration of the Magi and a Crucifixion for the church of San Giovanni Battista, Rimini.

Works

  • St. Matthew and the Angel
  • Works at the Louvre (in the graphic arts department), Paris:
  • Annunciation
  • Martyrdom of St Sebastian
  • References

    Antonio Cimatori Wikipedia