Orazio Samacchini

The Virgin Mary and Saints Nabor and Felix, Francis of Assisi, Claire of Assisi, John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene, and Catherine of Alexandria by Orazio Sammachini.

Orazio Samacchini (December 20, 1532 – June 12, 1577) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and Mannerist style, active in Rome, Parma, and his native city.

He was born and died in Bologna. A close friend of Lorenzo Sabatini, Samacchini traveled to Rome where he participated in 1563 in the decoration of the Vatican Belvedere and of the Sala Regia of Pius IV, along with Taddeo Zuccari and his brother. He returned to Bologna, where he was influenced by Pellegrino Tibaldi. Sammacchini painted for the Palazzo Vitelli a Sant'Egidio, Città di Castello, San Giacomo Maggiore, Corpus Domini, and Santa Maria Maggiore. He painted frescoes of Virtues, Prophets and Angels in Sant'Abbondio, Cremona.

References

• Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). Pelican History of Art. ed. Painting in Italy, 1500-1600. Penguin Books. pp. 567. ISBN 0300055870. 

External links

• Web Gallery of Art
• Grove encyclopedia on Artnet

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Name	Samacchini, Orazio
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Date of birth	December 20, 1532
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Date of death	June 12, 1577
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