Agostino Facheris (16th-century) was an Italian painter, active in

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

, Italy. He was also known as ''il Caversegno'' after the contrada of

Presezzo Presezzo (Bergamasque: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about west of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,657 and an are ...

where he was born.

Biography

He was a pupil of

Lorenzo Lotto Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian Painting, painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school (art), Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He pain ...

and

Andrea Previtali Andrea Previtali (c. 1480 –1528) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo. He was also called Andrea Cordelliaghi. Biography Previtali was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Bellini. In Bergamo, he painte ...

. He collaborated with the latter in completing the

polyptych A polyptych ( ; Greek: ''poly-'' "many" and ''ptychē'' "fold") is a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels. Specifically, a "diptych" is a two-part work of art; a "triptych" is a three-part work; a tetrapty ...

for the church of Santo Spirito in Bergamo. Other works include a ''Madonna and child with Saints'' (1536) for the parish church of Locatello and a polyptych (1537) for the parish church of

Piazzatorre Piazzatorre (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 475 and an area ...

. He painted a ''Madonna and Saints'' for the church of San Bartolomeo of Bergamo; a ''St Sebastian'' and ''St Fabiano'' for the parish church of Sant'Alessandro della Croce. The panels of the ''Life of St Giuliano'' is held by the

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica or National Gallery of Ancient Art is an art museum in Rome, Italy. It is the principal national collection of older paintings in Rome – mostly from before 1800; it does not hold any antiquities. It has two ...

in Rome.Augustinian art
entry.

References

Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bergamo {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub