Sebastiano Vini, also known as Bastiano Veronese (c. 1515 in

Caprino Veronese Caprino Veronese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about northwest of Verona. Caprino Veronese borders the following municipalities: Affi, Brentino Belluno, Co ...

– August 11, 1602 in

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...

) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Tuscany.

Biography

He was the son of Giovanni Piero. It is unknown under whom or where he trained, but his work shows the influence of

Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , also , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ''The Wedding at Cana'' (1563) and ''The ...

. By 1548, he had married in

and remained there most of his life. His son, Jacopo Vini was also a painter. He was prolific in Pistoia. Among his works was an ''Annunciation'' (1552) for the later-suppressed church of San Pierino alla Porta Lucchese, then moved to the Sacristy of the Prepositura del Montale. He painted a ''Nativity'' for the main altar of the Conservatory of San Giovanni Battista. He painted for the churches of Letto and of the Monks of San Sebastiano. He painted another ''Annunciation'' for the church of

San Giovanni Fuoricivitas San Giovanni Fuoricivitas (also called San Giovanni Evangelista Fuorcivitas or ''Forcivitas'') is a Romanesque religious church and adjacent buildings in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. The adjective ''fuoricivitas'' (a mix of Italian and Latin m ...

, and a ''Presentation at the Temple'' for the church of the Servites, Santissima Annunziata. He painted a large fresco (1596?) for the counter-facade of the Oratory of San Desiderio and for the church and cloister of San Domenico. He made few works outside Pistoia, including

Cutigliano Cutigliano was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Pistoia. It has been a frazione of Abetone Cutigliano Abetone Cutigliano is a ''comun ...

and Florence.Guida di Pistoia per gli amanti delle belle arti con notizie
By Francesco Tolomei, 1821, page 204-207.

References

1515 births 1602 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Tuscany Painters from Verona Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub