Pier Angelo Basili (after 1550 – 1604) was an Italian painter of the 16th century
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 ...
period. He was born in
Gubbio
Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines.
History
The city's origins are very ancient. ...
after 1550, and trained with
Felice Damiani
Felice Damiani or ''Felice da Gubbio'' (1530-1608) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerism period.
Biography
He was a pupil of Benedetto Nucci in Gubbio. Because of his lively coloring, he was nicknamed the ''Paolo Veronese ...
and
Cristoforo Roncalli
Cristoforo Roncalli (c. 1552–1626) was an Italian mannerist painter. He was one of the three painters known as ''Pomarancio'' or ''Il Pomarancio''.
Life
Roncalli was born in Pomarance, a town near Volterra. His training occurred in ...
. He painted in fresco for the cloister of Sant Tibaldo in
Gubbio
Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines.
History
The city's origins are very ancient. ...
and an oil canvas of ''Christ preaching'' for the church of San Marziale. During 1601–1602, he painted frescoes alongside
Federico Brunorino in the presbytery of the church of Santa Croce in Gubbio.
Memorie e guida storica di Gubbio
by Oderigi Lucarelli, Stab. Tipografia Literaria S. Lapi, (1888), Citta di Castello, page 449.
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16th-century births
1604 deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
17th-century Italian painters
Italian Renaissance painters
Umbrian painters
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