Padre Stefano Cassiani (9 March 1636 - 15 February 1714) was an

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painter of the

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Biography

He was also called Il Certosino (the

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) by virtue of being a monk of that order. He was born ''Baldassare Cassiani'' (al seculo) in Ansano, near

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in what is now province of

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.Encyclopedia Trecanni
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 21 (1978), entry by Anchise Tempestini. He followed the style of

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and

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. He painted frescoes for the church of San Paolino in Lucca. He began painting at the Certosa of Farneta under

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. He painted in fresco the cupola of the church of abbey, as well as two altar-pieces, representing subjects from the ''Life of the Virgin''. Other churches of his order at

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and

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, contained works by him.

References

* 1636 births 1714 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Carthusians Painters from Lucca Fresco painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub