Jacopo Siculo, also known as Giacomo Santoro da Giuliana (1490-1544) was an Italian painter of the

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 ...

, mainly active in

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Biography

He was born in Sicily. By 1519, he was in Rome working under

Baldassarre Peruzzi Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (7 March 1481 – 6 January 1536) was an Italian architect and painter, born in a small town near Siena (in Ancaiano, ''frazione'' of Sovicille) and died in Rome. He worked for many years with Bramante, Raphael, and lat ...

. He likely abandoned Rome after the Sack of Rome in 1527, and settled in

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; la, Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome. History Spolet ...

, where he married one of the daughters of Giovanni di Pietro (lo Spagna). He painted frescoes (ca. 1535) for the Chapel of the Assumption in the

Spoleto Cathedral Spoleto Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta; ''Duomo di Spoleto'') is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia created in 1821, previously that of the diocese of Spoleto, and the principal church of the Umbrian city of Spo ...

. He also painted a fresco altarpiece for the Spinelli Chapel in the church of Santa Maria de Loreto in

. For the church in Brizio, outside of Spoleto, he painted an altarpied and frescoes in the presbytery (1541-2). In

Bettona Bettona (Latin: ''Vettona'') is an ancient town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in central Umbria at the northern edge of the Colli Martani range. It is 5 km (3 mi) E of Torgiano and 12 km (7 mi) SW of Assisi. P ...

, he painted a ''Virgin in Glory with Saints'' altarpiece (1547), now in the Pinacoteca Civica. In

Norcia Norcia (), traditionally known in English by its Latin name of Nursia (), is a town and comune in the province of Perugia (Italy) in southeastern Umbria. Unlike many ancient towns, it is located in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a su ...

, he painted an altarpiece for the Franciscan Convent of the Annunziata, depicting the ''Coronation of the Virgin'' (1541) and other panels, now in the city museum.Key to Umbria
biography.

Gallery

File:Jacopo Siculo, Apparizione di san Michele su Castel Sant'Angelo, 02.JPG, Apparition of St. Michael on

Castel Sant'Angelo The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as Castel Sant'Angelo (; English: ''Castle of the Holy Angel''), is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausol ...

File:Jacopo Siculo o Angelo Maino, annunciazione, 1530 circa 01.JPG,

Annunciation The Annunciation (from Latin '), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the biblical tale of the announcement by the ange ...

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Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo The Sanctuary of Saint Michael the Archangel ( it, Santuario di San Michele Arcangelo) is a Roman Catholic shrine on Mount Gargano, Italy, part of the commune of Monte Sant'Angelo, in the province of Foggia, northern Apulia. It has the dignity ...

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Coronation of the Virgin The Coronation of the Virgin or Coronation of Mary is a subject in Christian art, especially popular in Italy in the 13th to 15th centuries, but continuing in popularity until the 18th century and beyond. Christ, sometimes accompanied by God th ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sicula, Jacopo 1490 births 1544 deaths Umbrian painters Italian Renaissance painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters