Federigo or Federico Brunori or il Brunorino (1566–1649) was an Italian painter, active mainly in
Gubbio
Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines.
History
The city's origins are very ancient. ...
.
Biography
He was a pupil of
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 ...
. He was prolific. His portraits are natural, often clothed in foreign drapery. He may have modeled some compositions on prints of
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...
. Along with
Pier Angelo Basili
Pier Angelo Basili (after 1550 – 1604) was an Italian painter of the 16th century Renaissance period. He was born in Gubbio after 1550, and trained with Felice Damiani and Cristoforo Roncalli. He painted in fresco for the cloister of Sant ...
, he helped fresco the presbytery of the church of
Santa Croce della Foce The small church of Santa Croce della Foce is a medieval Roman Catholic church in the lower town of Gubbio, Umbria, in Italy. There is a church of the same name in Sarno in Campania.
History
The church was built in the 13th-century at the site of a ...
in Gubbio. He also completed portraits for the Florentine gallery of artists. Vincenzo Chiappini was his pupil.
Memorie e guida storica di Gubbio
by Oderigi Lucarelli, Stab. Tipografia Literaria S. Lapi, (1888), Citta di Castello, page 449.
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16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
17th-century Italian painters
Umbrian painters
1566 births
1649 deaths
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