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Nicola Filotesio (9 September 1480 iffering sources give 1489��31 August 1547 ources also give 1559 was an Italian painter, architect and

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(modern capital of Ascoli Piceno Province in the

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(at present day part of the

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region), Nicola Filotesio also appears in contemporary records as Cola dell'Amatrice or Cola Amatricius. The son of Mariano Filotesio, he trained with Dionisio Cappelli, painted

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and completed, between 1514 and 1535, works of art in Ascoli Piceno. He designed the façade of the basilica of San Bernardino in

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. The date and place of Nicola Filotesio's birth have been historically recorded, but the year has varied within a nine-year period, having been variously indicated as 1480 and 1489. Similarly, the date of his death and the place (Ascoli Piceno) are on record, but the year has varied within a twelve-year range, being given as 1547 or 1559.Fabiani, Giuseppe. ''Cola dell'Amatrice secondo i documenti ascolani'', (Ascoli Piceno) 1952. A museum dedicated to Filotesio's work stood in the town of his birth until it was destroyed in a 2016 earthquake.La Repubblica,
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*Farquhar, Maria (1855), R. N. Wornum, editor. ''Biographical Catalogue of the Principal Italian Painters, by a Lady'' (page 6). Angel Court, Skinner Street, London: Woodfall & Kinder. Original Oxford University. Googlebooks digitized 27 June 2006. 1480s births 1550s deaths People from the Province of Rieti 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Naples Fresco painters {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub