- Bartolomeo Schedoni
Bartolomeo Schedoni (1578-1615) was an Italian early
Baroque painter ofReggio Emilia .Biography
He was born in
Modena , but moved toParma with his father. Soon he was sent to be apprenticed underFederico Zuccari inRome after 1598, with the sponsorship ofRanuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma . He soon returned to Parma. The baroque art historianCount Carlo Cesare Malvasia also claims he trained underAnnibale Carracci in Bologna. He may have died of suicide after a night of heavy gambling losses. His painting shows knowledge ofCaravaggio ’s work.His masterpieces are now in the Galleria Nazionale of Parma, and were the two paintings intended for the altar of the church of the Capuchin convent in
Fontevivo , near Parma.Anthology of works
*"The Entombment"
*"Three Maries at the Tomb"
*"Rest on the Flight to Egypt"
*"Charity"References
*cite book | author= Francis P. Smyth and John P. O'Neill (Editors in Chief)| year=1986| title= The Age of Correggio and the Carracci: Emilian Painting of the 16th and 17th Centuries| chapter= | editor= National Gallery of Art, Washington DC| others= | pages= 526-533| publisher= | id= | url= | authorlink=
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