Sisto Badalocchio Rosa (28 June 1585 – ) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School. Born in

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

, he worked first under Agostino Carracci in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

, then

Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...

, in

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. He worked with Annibale till 1609, then moved back to Parma. His best known work as an engraver was the ''Raphael's Bible'' series, which he created together with his fellow student, Giovanni Lanfranco. The images depict a series of

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es by

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...

's workshop in the

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''loggia''. As a painter, his most important work are the frescoes in the church of San Giovanni Evangelista,

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, which are based on

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...

's earlier works. In this church, he executed the decoration of the

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and

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. The dome fresco represents the

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, i.e. the second coming of Christ, while the pendentives are adorned by the four

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. Though he often cooperated in fresco painting with Lanfranco, for example in Annibale-designed series the San Diego Chapel in

San Giacomo degli Spagnoli Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore ("Our Lady of the Sacred Heart", also known as San Giacomo degli Spagnoli and in Spanish, Santiago de los Españoles) is a Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary located in Rome's Piazza Navona. History An ...

(1602–1607) and in Palazzo Costaguti (''Nessus and Deianeira''), Badalocchio never received the same recognition as his peer. Nevertheless, he is recognized today as an important figure in bringing the artistic styles of the Italian

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to northern Italy.

Gallery

Sisto Badalocchio - The Dead Christ - WGA01139.jpg, Dead Christ Sisto Badalocchio - The Holy Family - WGA01141.jpg, Holy Family Sisto Badalocchio - Susanna and the Elders - WGA01142.jpg, Susanna and the Elders Virgin and Child between St Benedict and St Quentin-Sisto Badalocchio-MBA Lyon A73-IMG 0344.jpg, Virgin and Child between St Benedict and St Quentin Tancredi Clorinda 17th century Italian.jpg, Tancred and Clorinda

References

* * 1580s births 1640s deaths Painters from Parma Italian engravers 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub