Pompeo Morganti, also known as Pompeo da Fano (circa 1494 - 1568) was an

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painter, active in the

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. He was born in

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, the son of the painter Bartolomeo Morganti, also known as ''Bartolomeo di Matteo de' Marescalchi''. Pompeo contributed a somewhat ghostly painting depicting the ''Apparition of the Virgin'' for the Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine delle Grazie in

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. Vasari mentions that he (Pompeo da Fano) was briefly the teacher of

Taddeo Zuccaro Taddeo Zuccaro (or Zuccari) (1 September 15292 September 1566) was an Italian painter, one of the most popular members of the Mannerism, Roman mannerist school. Biography Zuccaro was born in Sant'Angelo in Vado, near Urbino, the son of Ottaviano ...

, while others mention his father Ottaviano. He painted a ''Raising Lazarus'' and ''St Michael defeats Satan'', now in the museum of the Art gallery of Fano.Gettu images
''Raising Lazarus'' and ''St Michael defeating Satan''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morganti, Pompeo 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters 1494 births 1568 deaths People from Fano