Cristoforo Greppi (Active early 17th century) was an

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painter of the

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period, active in

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. He was born in

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, Region of

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, in Italy. He worked circa 1600 with

Prospero Orsi Prospero Orsi, also referred to as Prosperino delle Grottesche (1560s–1630s) was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerism, Mannerist and early-Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. Biography He apparently trained under Giuseppe Cesari d’Arpi ...

and

Francesco Nappi Francesco Nappi (1565 – 1630s) was an Italian painter, mainly recalled for his decorative frescoes in a Mannerist style. Biography He was born in Milan. He painted for one of the chapels in Santa Croce in Gerusalemme and Santa Maria della Cons ...

under the guidance of

Cristoforo Roncalli Cristoforo Roncalli (c. 1552–1626) was an Italian mannerist painter. He was one of the three painters known as ''Pomarancio'' or ''Il Pomarancio''. Life Roncalli was born in Pomarance, a town near Volterra. His training occurred in ...

in the decoration of the Palazzo Mattei, Rome. Greppi painted the fresco of ''Joseph's brothers in Egypt''. In 1605–1608, he worked with the same team in decoration for Vatican palaces. Greppi also worked with

Giovanni Battista Ricci Giovanni Battista Ricci (Novara, circa 1537 – Rome, 1627) nicknamed Il Novara after his birth town, was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerist and early- Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. Biography Ricci moved to Rome from his native Pi ...

in the decoration of the Castellani chapel in San Francesco a Ripa, Rome. He also worked in painting the vault of the Albertoni Chapel in the same church.Giovan Battista Ricci and Cristoforo Greppi at the Castellani chapel in S. Francesco a Ripa, Rome
by Patrizia Tosini, Burlington Magazine, Volume 145, Number 1202, May 2003, page 366.

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