Niccolò Frangipane (active 1565–1597) was an Italian artist of the late Renaissance period.
Life
Frangipane was born in
Padua. He executed a number of sacred subjects, but was more successful in mythological scenes, particularly the legends of
Bacchus
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. In the church of
San Bartolomeo in Padua is a depiction of ''St Francis of Assisi'' (1588); and at
Pesaro
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, an
altar-piece in
San Stefano in
Pesaro
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. Among his masterworks is an ''Assumption,'' in the church of the Conventuali, at
Rimini.
Works
File:Niccolò Frangipane Penitent.jpg, ''Penitent'', 1574, Carmen Thyssen Museum in Málaga
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Frari (Venice) - Sacristy - Descent from the Cross by Niccolò Frangipane.jpg, ''Descent from the Cross'', 1593, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
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, Venice
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File:Rimini096.jpg, ''The way to the Calvary'', City Museum of Rimini
References
Attribution:
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External links
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Padua
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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