Carlo Pellegrini (1605–1649) 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 Baroque period. He was born in

Massa Carrara The province of Massa-Carrara ( it, provincia di Massa-Carrara) is a province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. It is named after the provincial capital Massa, and Carrara, the other main town in the province. History The province of "M ...

, Italy and trained in Rome under

Bernini Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, , ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 159828 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his ...

. Carlo was active in painting in the Grottoes beneath the

Basilica In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name ...

Basilica of St Peter's The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican ( it, Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica ( la, Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal en ...

; designed the ''St Bernard'' mosaic portrait, collaboration with

Giovanni Battista Calandra Giovanni Battista Calandra (1586 - c. 1644) was an Italian mosaic artist in the Vatican. He was born at Vercelli in 1586. In the pontificate of Urban VIII, it was found that the dampness of St. Peter's materially affected canvases, and hencefort ...

, in the former church; and painted a ''Conversion of Paul'' for the church of the Propagande Fide in Rome.Memorie storiche d'illustri scittori e di uomini insigni dell Lunigiana, Volume 1; by Emanuelle Gerini, Tipografia Ducale Luigi Frediani, Massa (1829); page 173-174.
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Note

Another painter of the same name (1866–1937) won a gold medal at the 1912 Olympics.

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1605 births 1649 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters People from the Province of Massa-Carrara {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub