Andrea Sabbatini (1487–1530) (var. Andrea Sabatini or Andrea da Salerno) was an Italian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

of the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

. He was born in

Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...

, and initially trained under Raimondo Epifanio in Naples, but move to Rome and became a close disciple of

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...

. Andrea da Salerno created a number of important paintings with religious motives, such as ''The Adoration of the Cross'', ''The Seven Church Teachers'', ''Saint Nicholas in a Throne Between his Saviors'', ''Offering of the Kings'', ''Madonna with Child'', etc., which are displayed in the Museum of Naples. He also produced

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

es in churches, such as in Santa Maria delle Grazie,

San Gennaro dei Poveri San Gennaro dei Poveri is a former monastery and church complex, later converted into a hospital for indigent located on Via San Gennaro dei Poveri #25 in the Rione Sanità, of the city of Naples, Italy. The elongated complex rises towards Capod ...

, and others. It is said that Andrea da Salerno was Raphael's disciple, and absorbed most of his style. This is particularly evident in one of his last works, ''The Nativity''. He served as one of the Captains Regent of the Republic of San Marino from April to September 1527.

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Bibliography

* *Giovanni Previtali,''Andrea da Salerno nel Rinascimento meridionale'' (''Andrea da Salerno During the Middle Renaissance''), Catalogo della mostra Padula (SA) 1986, Certosa di San Lorenzo, Edizioni Centro Di, Firenze, 1986, 1487 births 1530 deaths People from Salerno 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Painters from Naples Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub