- Enea Salmeggia
Enea Salmeggia (c. 1556 –
23 February ,1626 ) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in his native city ofBergamo .He was also known as "Il Talpino". He trained with members of the
Campi family, and later with members of the Procaccini family in Milan. For the church of the Passion inMilan , he painted a "Christ’s Agony in the Garden" and a "Flagellation". His "Virgin and child with saints Roch and others" is found in theBrera Gallery . An "Adoration of the Magi" (1595) was painted forSanta Maria Maggiore, Bergamo . He painted a "Deposition" for San Leonardo de’ Padri Somaschi. He also painted a "Madonna enthroned with San Domenico and others" for the church of Santa Marta. The parish church of San Martino inNembro has 27 paintings by him.References
*cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 156 | 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=
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