Francesco Allegrini da Gubbio (1587–1663) was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period. His children, Flaminio and Angelica Allegrini, were also painters. Angelica painted a canvas for the church of San Francesco, Gubbio.

Biography

Born 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. ...

, he was also called ''Francesco da Gubbio''. His father, Flaminio Allegrini da

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, was also a painter. He studied under

Giuseppe Cesari Giuseppe Cesari (14 February 1568 – 3 July 1640) was an Italian Mannerist painter, also named Il Giuseppino and called ''Cavaliere d'Arpino'', because he was created ''Cavaliere di Cristo'' by his patron Pope Clement VIII. He was much patronize ...

(Cavaliere D'Arpino), and later was helped by his sons in painting historical and religious paintings. A short biography is mentioned by

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. He was admired as a battle painter. He was active in Rome, Genoa, Savona, and Naples. In Rome, he painted in the Vatican Loggias. He also painted in the church of

San Marco, Rome San Marco is a minor basilica in Rome dedicated to St. Mark the Evangelist located in the small Piazza di San Marco adjoining Piazza Venezia. It was first built in 336 by Pope Mark, whose remains are in an urn located below the main altar. The ...

, and the chapel of San Antonio in the church of

Santi Cosma e Damiano The basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano is a titular church in Rome, Italy. The lower portion of the building is accessible through the Roman Forum and incorporates original Roman buildings, but the entrance to the upper level is outside the Forum ...

. He painted for the Casa Durazzo in Genoa. In Savona he painted for the Palazzo Gavotti and the

Savona Cathedral Cattedrale Savona3

Savona Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Savona, Cattedrale ...

.Memorie e guida storica di Gubbio
by Oderigi Lucarelli, Stab. Tipografia Literaria S. Lapi, (1888), Citta di Castello, page 450.

Sources

* Angelica Allegrini 1587 births 1663 deaths People from Gubbio 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Umbrian painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub