- Ottavio Semini
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Ottavio Semini (c. 1530-1604) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance.
He was born and trained in Genoa and died in Milan. He was the son and pupil of Antonio Semini, and was influenced by Perino del Vaga. Aided his brother Andrea in many works, but was obliged to leave Genoa on account of a homicide, and afterwards led a dissipated life in Milan. He helped paint for the chapel of San Girolamo in St. Angelo in Milan. One of his pupils was Paolo Camillo Landriani.
References
- Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins, Volume IV, Scribner and Sons (1887): page 170.
Categories:- 1530s births
- 1604 deaths
- People from Genoa (city)
- Italian painters
- Genoese painters
- Renaissance painters
- Italian painter, 16th century birth stubs
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