Antonio Circignani (1560–1620) was an Italian painter of the late-

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( Mannerism) period and early Baroque. Born in

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, he is known also as Antonio ''Pomarancio''. He was the son of the painter Niccolò Circignani, and with his father, who died in 1588, he worked in

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. He was featured in the ''Vite'' published by

Giovanni Baglione Giovanni Baglione (1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. He is best remembered for his acrimonious and damaging involvement with the slightly younger artist Caravaggio and ...

. One of his most famous paintings, Wedding of the Virgin, is found in the Saint Mary of Angels Basilica in Assisi, Italy.

Works

Other works include a ''Four Evangelists'' (''Quattro Evengalisti''), in Museo di San Francesco,

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; and ''Trinity'', in Chiesa della Santissima Trinità,

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Gallery

Papa Aniceto.jpg, Martyrdom of Pope Anicetus, frescoes at Chapel of Sant'Aniceto e Beata Vergine della Clemenza, Palazzo Altemps, Roma

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* * 1560 births 1620 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters People from Pomarance {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub