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Matteo or Matteucci or Mattiuccio Salvucci (1576–1628) was an Italian painter, active in
Matteo or Matteucci or Mattiuccio Salvucci (1576–1628) was an Italian painter, active in Perugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia.
The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...
in a 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 Italy, ...
style. He is said by some a pupil of Federico Barocci
Federico Barocci (also written ''Barozzi'')(c. 1535 in Urbino – 1612 in Urbino) was an Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker. His original name was Federico Fiori, and he was nicknamed Il Baroccio. His work was highly esteemed and inf ...
. He apparently traveled to Rome, but failed to gain continued patronage. Lupattelli describes him as not having any one master. He is said to have painted the main altarpiece of ''Christ in Glory with Saint Benedict and Scolatica'' (1608) for the church of Santa Maria Maddalena in Perugia. He painted canvases for the choir of San Ercolano : ''The testimony of San Ercolano'', his ''Martyrdom'', and the ''Transfer of his Relics''. For the Sacristy of San Fiorenzo, he painted some lunettes in 1612. He painted grotteschi on the ceiling of the church of the Confraternity of San Benedetto with figures and stories in chiaroscuro. In Santa Maria Nuova
Santa Maria Nuova is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona.
Santa Maria Nuova borders the following municipalities: Filottrano, Jesi, Osimo, Polverigi.
Among the ch ...
, he also painted ceiling grotteschi.Lupattelli, page 66.
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Artists from Perugia 1576 births 1628 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Mannerist painters Umbrian painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub