Ippolito Borghese Asunción de la Virgen 1603 Museo del Monte di Pietà Nápoles

Ippolito Borghese (late 16th century – March 1627) was an Italian painter of the late-

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, born in Sigillo (near Perugia). His training was probably in Rome, where he became a follower of

Scipione Pulzone Scipione Pulzone (1544 – February 1, 1598), also known as Il Gaetano, was a Neapolitan painter of the late Italian Renaissance. His work differs in several respects from the Mannerist style predominant at the time. He was active mainly in Ro ...

and was influenced by the painterly traditions of Federigo Barocci. He then moved to

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. He was influenced by the circle of

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artists active in the Rome of

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. In 1598 he completed a ''St. George and the dragon'' for the Duomo of

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. In 1601 he signed a canvas in

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. He painted a ''Madonna & saints'' (1601) for the church of Santa Maria della Grotta in Carpignano. In 1603, he painted an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for the Chapel of the Palace of Monte di Pietà in Naples. Assumption
in Naples. One of his pupils was

Paolo Domenico Finoglia Paolo Domenico Finoglia, or Finoglio (c. 1590 – 1645), was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period, active mainly in South Italy, including Naples and towns in Apulia. Life Finoglia was born in Orta di Atella, near Naples, but sometime ...

. In 1605, he painted for the church of Santa Teresa in Studi. He painted numerous altarpieces intended for Neapolitan churches such as

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, the Bishop's seminary, and Santi Filippo e Giacomo, as well as for churches in surrounding sites such as

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, Regoledo,

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, Meta di Sorrento, and

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. In 1627, he collaborated with Finoglia in a polyptych for the church of Sant'Antonio in

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Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia Banca dell'Umbria 1462 S.p.A. or previously known as Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia was an Italian savings bank. The bank became a subsidiary of UniCredit in 1999 and ceased to exist in 2005. However, its former owner Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio ...

. *Short biography from ''il portale del Sud'

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Borghese, Ippolito 16th-century births 1627 deaths People from the Province of Perugia 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Naples Italian Mannerist painters