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Name
  
Pietro Sorri

Role
  
Painter

Died
  
1622, Siena, Italy


Pietro Sorri

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Pietro Sorri (1558-1622) was an Italian painter active in Siena.

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Biography

He first studied under Arcangiolo Salimbeni (father of Ventura), and afterwards under Cavaliere Domenico Passignani, whom he accompanied to Venice. Several of his works are in Florence and other cities of Tuscany, particularly at Pisa; he painted landscapes and portraits as well as history. Among his pupils were Giovanni Stefano Rossi, Bernardo Strozzi, and Astolfo Petrozzi. He was also active in Lucca, Genoa, Milan, and Pavia.

He painted an altarpiece for the church of San Ambrogio in Massa di Carrara.

Works

  • Death of Saint Anthony the Abbot (around 1602), Louvrem, Paris
  • Trinity and Saints, altarpiece at the Sant'Agostine (St. Augustine) church, Siena
  • Gesù benedicente, la Vergine e i Santi Francesco e Andrea (signed and dated in 1605), Saint Francis Basilica, Siena
  • Frescoes at the Certosa di Pavia with Alessandro Casolani
  • Portrait of an Artist, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
  • References

    Pietro Sorri Wikipedia