Andrea Camassei
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Andrea Camassei
(b Bevagna, Umbria, bapt 1 Dec 1602; d Rome, 18 Aug 1649). Italian painter and printmaker. He was first recorded in Rome in 1626 and was apparently trained there by Domenichino (Bellori; Passeri; Pascoli). His earliest surviving commission is the decoration of the chapel of St Philip Neri in S Margarita, Bevagna, with canvases showing scenes from the life of the saint (1627; in situ). In 1628 he worked with Andrea Sacchi, under Pietro da Cortona, on the decoration of the Villa Sacchetti at Castelfusano. He received his first commission from the Barberini family, for chiaroscuro room decorations in the Palazzo Barberini (see ROME,
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Andrea Camassei
Andrea Camassei (1602–1649) was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver, who was mainly active in Rome under the patronage of the Barberini.
He was born in Bevagna.[1] He was active in painting in the Palazzo Barberini as well as in Antonio Barberini's favored church, Santa Maria della Concezione, where he painted the Assumption of the Virgin on the dome. His training was under Domenichino, but he also labored under the direction of Sacchi and Pietro da Cortona. He painted a Triumph of Constantine for the Baptistery of the Lateran Palace. He painted for Taddeo Barberini, two large canvases (1638–39) depicting Massacre of the Niobids[2] and Hunt of Diana.[3] He also painted a Saints Bonaventura, Bernardino & Ludovico da Tolosa for Santa Caterina in Rapecchiano (Spello).[4]
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- Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). Pelican History of Art, Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750. 1980. Penguin Books. p. 321.
- Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum. ed. Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006. p. 35. http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters.
- Nessi, Silvestro (2005). Andrea Camassei: un pittore del Seicento tra Roma e l'Umbria. Perugia: Quattroemme.
- ^ See M. Farquhar
- ^ Massacre of the Niobids, now at Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
- ^ Hunt of Diana also at Galleria Nazionale
- ^ Santi Bonaventura, Bernardino e Ludovico da Tolosa in Santa Caterina - Rapecchiano (Spello)
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