- Camillo Procaccini
Camillo Procaccini (
1551 -August 21 ,1629 ) was an Italian painter. He has been posthumously referred to as the "Vasari ofLombardy ", for his prolific Mannerist fresco decoration.Born in
Bologna , he was the son of the painterErcole Procaccini the Elder, and older brother to Giulio Cesare and Carlo Antonio, both painters.In 1587 he distinguished in the fresco decoration of the
Basilica della Ghiara inReggio Emilia . In the late 1580s he moved toMilan , where count Camillo Visconti Borromeo commissioned him the decoration of his villa inLainate . The organ shutters for theCathedral of Milan were painted after 1590 by Camillo,Giuseppe Meda (d 1599), andAmbrogio Figino . His other works of note include the frescoes of the nave and the apse of theCathedral of Piacenza in collaboration withLudovico Carracci (1605-1609), and the vault and choir inSanti Paolo e Barnaba of Milan. Also famous is a "Nativity" in theSacro Monte d'Orta . Among his pupils isCarlo Biffi .Among his many other works are a "Martyrdom of St. Agnes" painted in fresco in the sacristy of
Milan cathedral; a "Madonna and Child" painted for the church of Santa Maria del Carmine; an "'Adoration of the Shepherds" found in the Brera; and the ceiling of the church of Padri Zoccolanti, representing the "Assumption of the Virgin".—all in the same city. He also painted a "Last Judgment" for the church of San Prospero atReggio ; He painted a "St. Roch administering the Sacrament to the Plague-stricken".References
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