Felice Damiani e bottega, Crocifissione e santi, 1609 (2)

Felice Damiani or ''Felice da Gubbio'' (1530-1608) was an Italian painter of the late-

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

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 a pupil of Benedetto Nucci 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. ...

. Because of his lively coloring, he was nicknamed the ''

Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , also , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ''The Wedding at Cana'' (1563) and ''The ...

of Umbria'' He painted a ''Baptism of Sant'Agostino'' for the church of Sant'Agostino and an ''Adoration of the Magi'' (1603) for the church of

San Domenico, Gubbio The church of San Domenico, also sometimes called San Martino, is a medieval Roman Catholic church in the lower town of Gubbio, Umbria, in Italy. At one time, the church was dedicated to St Martin of Tours. History A church at the site is documen ...

. He painted in the chapels of the Visitation and the Nativity (1593) of the church of Santa Maria de' Lumi in

San Severino Marche San Severino Marche is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about southwest of Macerata. History From prehistory to Roman age The oldest remains of human pre ...

. He painted a ''Martyrdom of St. Paul'' for a church in

Recanati Recanati () is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Macerata, in the Marche region of Italy. Recanati was founded around 1150 AD from three pre-existing castles. In 1290 it proclaimed itself an independent republic and, in the 15th century, ...

. He painted a strikingly genre-style ''Mane Nobiscum Domine'' ("Stay with us, Lord") now in the Palazzo Comunale in

Cantiano Cantiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 100 km (62 mi) west of Ancona and about 70 km (44 mi) southwest of Pesaro. The Burano Burano is an islan ...

. He painted a ''Sant' Alberto with Virgin, saints and donors'' for the Santuario Maria SS. delle Vergini in

Macerata Macerata () is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy, the county seat of the province of Macerata in the Marche region. It has a population of about 41,564. History The historical city centre is on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza ri ...

. He painted frescoes for the Castello Brancaleoni di

Piobbico Piobbico (Romagnol dialect, Romagnol: ''Piòbich'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italy, Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about southwest of Pesaro. Monte Nerone and the location ...

. He also painted altarpieces for the Sanctuary at Loreto. The painters Pier Angelo Basili, Federico Brunori from Gubbio, Cesare Pausi from

Cagli Cagli is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy. It c. south of Urbino. The Burano flows near the town. History Cagli occupies the site of an ancient village on the Via Flaminia, which seems to have bo ...

, Urbano Doceschi from

, and Valeriano Vittori of

Gualdo Tadino Gualdo Tadino (Latin: ''Tadinum'') is an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in northeastern Umbria, on the lower flanks of Monte Penna, a mountain of the Apennines. It is NE of Perugia. History Gualdo has a long history and was ...

were his pupils.Memorie e guida storica di Gubbio
by Oderigi Lucarelli, Stab. Tipografia Literaria S. Lapi, (1888), Citta di Castello, page 449.

References

* 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Mannerist painters Umbrian painters 1530 births 1608 deaths {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub