- Andrea Lilio
Andrea Lilio (1555/1570 - after 1639) was an Italian painter born in
Fano , not far fromAncona , hence he also is known as "L'Anconitano".He painted mainly in his native city, as well as in Rome, where he was active from the beginning of the 17th century until around 1640. He was employed by Pope
Sixtus V in the decoration of the library of the Vatican and in the decoration of theScala Santa inSan Giovanni Laterano . In the latter, he painted, "Moses striking the Rock" and "Moses with the Brazen Serpent".Said to have been a pupil of
Federico Barocci , he painted in a Mannerist style, already outdated in Baroque Rome at the time. Nevertheless, Lilio created a popular niche for himself by painting allegories for aristocratic audiences. In fact, it is altogether possible that Lilio collaborated for the illustrations ofCesare Ripa 's "Iconologia", which was a popular source for such motifs for a very long time. He died atAscoli Piceno .In a chapel of the Chiesa Nuova, he painted "The Archangel Michael driving fallen angels from Heaven". He continued to ornament churches and convents of
Rome during the reign of PopeClement VIII .One of his masterpieces, the "Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence", was painted for Santa Caterina in Ancona. He painted the "Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples" for the nave of
Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. He also was part of the team active in the painting of the "Sistine chapel (chapel of Nativity)" in Santa Maria Maggiore. For the cathedral of Fano, he painted a picture of "All Saints" [cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 85| publisher= Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters | authorlink= ] .Andrea Lilio was the subject of a 2003 exhibition. [*Massimo Pulini, "Andrea Lilio", Motta, 2003] . Four new allegorical paintings by Lilio were identified in Milan's Bagatti Valsecchi Museum [*Massimo Pulini, "Lilio allegorista: quattro tele al Museo Bagatti Valsecchi i altre novità," "Nuovi Studi. Rivista di arte antica e moderna" 11 (2004/2005): 225-229] .
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