Terenzio Terenzi (1575–1621) was an Italian painter of the late-

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Mannerist Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, ...

period. Born near

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, he is also known as ''Terenzio da Urbino'' or ''il Rondolino''. He was a pupil of the painter

Federigo Barocci Federico Barocci (also written ''Barozzi'')(c. 1535 in Urbino – 1612 in Urbino) was an Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker. His original name was Federico Fiori, and he was nicknamed Il Baroccio. His work was highly esteemed and inf ...

. There is an altarpiece by Terenzi in the Cathedral of Sant'Andrea, a ''Baptism of Constantine'' in the quadreria di San Costanzo, and an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' (1621) in the church of the Cappuccini in Rome. According to

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, Terenzi visited

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, where he was favored with the protection of Cardinal Montalto, nephew of Pope

Sixtus V Pope Sixtus V ( it, Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death in August 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order ...

. Having practiced a deceptions on his benefactor by imposing on him a picture he himself painted for a work of

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 ...

, he was disgraced.* There is a picture of his own composition in the church of San Silvestro, in

, representing the Virgin and Infant Christ, with several Saints.

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