Andrea Polinori (1586 – 1648) was an

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painter active in a

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-style mainly in his native city of Todi in

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Biography

He was born in

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. He spent a formative period circa 1615 in Rome. He is described as leading an intemperate life. His brother, Giovanni Antonio Polinori, was also a painter. In Todi, he painted for the churches of San Francesco (1535, 1642), San Fortunato, San Silvestro, Nunziatina, and Santa Margherita (1642).Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte nella provincia dell'Umbria
By Mariano Guardabassi, (1872) page 366.

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1586 births 1646 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Umbrian painters Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub