Felice Damiani

Felice Damiani (active 1584-1606) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerism period. He was also called "Felice da Gubbio". He painted a "Baptism of Sant'Agostino" in the church of Sant'Agostino and an "Adoration of the Magi" (1603) for the church of San Domenico in Gubbio. He painted a "Madonna de'Lumi" for a church in San Severino Marche. He painted a "Martyrdom of St. Paul" for a church in Recanati. He painted a strikingly genre-style "Mane Nobiscum Domine" ("Stay with us, Lord") now in the Palazzo Comunale in Cantiano [ [http://www.comune.cantiano.pu.it/Savonarola.asp Cantiano da vedere ] ] .He painted a "Santo Alberto with Virgin, saints and donors" for the Santuario Maria SS. delle Vergini in Macerata [ [http://www.carmelit.org/prov/conv/macerata.htm|See image below] ] . He painted frescoes for the Castello Brancaleoni di Piobbico [ [http://www.provincia.ps.it/rocche/piobbico.html Castello di Piobbico ] ] . He also painted altarpieces for the Sanctuary at Loreto. The painter Pier Angelo Basili was his pupil [*cite book | first= James R.|last= Hobbes| year=1849| title= Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur| editor = | pages= page 72 | publisher= T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street; Digitized by Googlebooks | id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:picture+intitle:collector's | authorlink= ] .

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*cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 53| 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=