Gaspare Celio (1571 in Rome–November 24, 1640 in Rome) was an Italian painter of the late-

Mannerist 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 Ita ...

and early- Baroque period, active mainly in his native city of

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. Celio was the pupil of Circignani, according to

Baglione Giovanni Baglione (1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. He is best remembered for his acrimonious and damaging involvement with the slightly younger artist Caravaggio and ...

, but of Cristoforo Roncalli, if we are to believe Abate Titi.''The History of Painting in Italy from the Period of the Revival of the Fine arts''
(1852) by

Luigi Lanzi Luigi Lanzi (14 June 1732 – 30 March 1810) was an Italian art historian and archaeologist. When he died he was buried in the church of the Santa Croce at Florence by the side of Michelangelo. Biography Born in Treia, Lanzi was educated as ...

, translated by

Thomas Roscoe Thomas Roscoe (Liverpool 23 June 1791 – 24 September 1871 London) was an English author and translator. Life The fifth son of William Roscoe, he was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool in 1791, and educated by Dr. W. Shepherd and by Mr. Llo ...

, page 469) His first commissions in about 1596 were completed with

Giuseppe Valeriano Giuseppe Valeriano (L'Aquila, August, 1542 – Naples, July 15, 1596) was an Italian painter and architect, priest of the Jesuit order, and active in Rome, Spain, and Naples. Biography He began training in his native town under a minor paint ...

who asked Celio to decorate the Chapel of the Passion in the church of il Gesù in Rome.Cappella della Passione
This work was done after the design of P. Giovanni Battista Fiammeri. He also paints a ''Madonna and Bambino'', now in Santa Maria del Carmine, a ''The Passage of Moses through the Red Sea'' (1607) in a vault of the

Palazzo Mattei A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...

, a ''Death of the Giants''. He painted a ''St Francis'' for the altar of the Ospizio at Ponte Sisto. He painted a ''History of S. Raimondo'' at the Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Between 1620 -1638 he helps publish a guide to the churches and artwork in Rome (''Memoria delli nomi dell'artefici delle pitture che sono in alcune chiese, facciate e palazzi di Roma''). He engraved antique statues. He briefly worked in Parma as a painter for the court of Ranuccio Farnese. He was buried in the Basilica of

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, Rome, where still stands his funeral monument.

Works

* Works at the Capilla della Passione (1596), iglesia del Gesù, Rome * ''Virgin and Child'' or ''Madonna'' (Santa Maria del Carmine) * ''The Passage of Moses Through the Red Sea'' (1607), in the vault of Palazzo Mattei * ''Death of the Giants'' Palazzo Mattei, Rome * Works at the Capilla Altieri (1622), San Francesco a Ripa, Rome ** ''Ludovica Albertoni'' ** ''Saint Charles Borromeo'' ** ''Holy Family and Saint Anne'' * ''St. Francis'', an altar of the Ospizio at Ponte Sisto * ''History of Saint Raymond'', Santa Maria sopra Minerva * ''Battle Scene'' (

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, Rome)

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