Pietro Sorri Multiplicación de los panes y los peces

Pietro Sorri (1558-1622) was an Italian painter active in

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...

Biography

He first studied under

Arcangelo Salimbeni Arcangelo Salimbeni (circa 1536 –1579) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period active in his native Siena, Italy. He was the father of the painter Ventura Salimbeni, stepfather of Francesco Vanni, and son of Leonardo. He was a follower ...

(father of Ventura), and afterwards under Cavaliere

Domenico Passignano Domenico Passignano (1559 – 17 May 1638), born Domenico Cresti or Crespi, was an Italian painter of a late- Renaissance or Counter-''Maniera'' (Counter-Mannerism) style that emerged in Florence towards the end of the 16th century. Biography ...

, whom he accompanied to Venice. Several of his works are in Florence and other cities of Tuscany, particularly at Pisa; he painted landscapes and portraits as well as history. Among his pupils were Giovanni Stefano Rossi,

Bernardo Strozzi Bernardo Strozzi, named il Cappuccino and il Prete Genovese (c. 1581 – 2 August 1644) was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver. A canvas and fresco artist, his wide subject range included history, allegorical, genre and portrait paintin ...

, and Astolfo Petrozzi. He was also active in Lucca, Genoa, Milan, and Pavia. He painted an altarpiece for the church of San Ambrogio in Massa di Carrara.Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ...
By Giuseppe Campori, page 447.

Works

*''Death of Saint Anthony the Abbot'' (around 1602), Louvrem, Paris *''Trinity and Saints'', altarpiece at the Sant'Agostine (St. Augustine) church, Siena *''Gesù benedicente, la Vergine e i Santi Francesco e Andrea'' (signed and dated in 1605), Saint Francis Basilica, Siena *Frescoes at the

Certosa di Pavia The Certosa di Pavia is a monastery and complex in Lombardy, Northern Italy, situated near a small town of the same name in the Province of Pavia, north of Pavia. Built in 1396–1495, it was once located on the border of a large hunting ...

with Alessandro Casolani *''Portrait of an Artist'',

Uffizi Gallery The Uffizi Gallery (; it, Galleria degli Uffizi, italic=no, ) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums ...

, Florence

References

1558 births 1622 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Siena People from Castelnuovo Berardenga {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub