Benedetto Nucci (1515–1587) was an Italian painter of the late-

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Mannerism Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, ...

period.

Biography

He was born in

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. He was a pupil of Pietro Paolo Baldinacci in

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, in the Church State, today in

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. Benedetto married his master's daughter, Orsolina, in 1549. He did not train with

Raffaellino dal Colle Raffaellino del Colle (1490–1566) was an Italian Mannerist painter active mostly in Umbria. He was born in the frazione of Colle in Borgo Sansepolcro, province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. Biography He is also called ''Raffaellino della Colle'' ...

, as reported, but was highly influenced by

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. He painted several works, mainly for religious institutions in northern Umbria. Among them, a ''Madonna and Child with Saints'' (1570) for the

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in Gubbio, and a triptych depicting the Madonna and Child with

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and Saint John the Baptist (''Trittico di Baccaresca'', ca. 1565, Gubbio, Museo Diocesano). The latter work was commissioned by Gabriele, Filippo and Antonio Gabrielli for the church in their castle at Baccaresca, near Gubbio. Among his pupils were his son (or brother) Virgilio (trained also in

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with

Daniele da Volterra Daniele Ricciarelli (; 15094 April 1566), better known as Daniele da Volterra (, ), was a Mannerist Italian painter and sculptor. He is best remembered for his association with the late Michelangelo. Several of Daniele's most important works ...

, and died in Gubbio in 1621); Mario Marioni;

Giovanni Maria Baldassini Giovanni Maria Baldassini (active 16th century) was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance period. He was a pupil of Benedetto Nucci. He was active in Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the I ...

(active 1540–1601); Bernardino Brozzi (1555-1617); and one of the more prominent painters of Gubbio,

Felice Damiani Felice Damiani or ''Felice da Gubbio'' (1530-1608) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerism period. Biography He was a pupil of Benedetto Nucci in Gubbio. Because of his lively coloring, he was nicknamed the ''Paolo Veronese ...

.Memorie e guida storica di Gubbio
by Oderigi Lucarelli, Stab. Tipografia Literaria S. Lapi, (1888), Citta di Castello, page 446-447.

References

16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Umbrian painters Italian Renaissance painters Mannerist painters 1515 births 1587 deaths {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub