Tomasso Sandrino (1575–1631) (also Sandrini) was an
Italian
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painter of
quadratura
Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective ''di sotto in sù'' and ''quadratura'', is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which ''trompe-l'œil'', perspective tools such as foreshortening, an ...
in Northern Italy, active in his native
Brescia
Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...
.
Among the church ceilings he helped fresco with quadrature are
Sant Faustino,
San Domenico, Chiesa del Carmine, and the
Cathedral of Brescia
The Duomo Nuovo or New Cathedral is the largest Catholic church in Brescia, Italy.
History
Construction was begun in 1604 at the site where the paleo-Christian 5th-6th century basilica of ''San Pietro de Dom'' was located. The original commissio ...
. He also worked in Milan, Ferrara, and Mirandola.
Life and works
Sandrini was active in quadratura and in architecture. In 1615, he helped decorate the church of San Domenico in Brescia. His brother Pietro worked with
Ottavio Viviani
Ottavio Viviani (c. 1579-c. 1641) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
Viviani was born in Brescia. He was initially a pupil of Tommaso Sandrino. He painted for the royal palace of Monaco and in the Ducal palace of Sassuolo. He specia ...
in painting the ceiling of Santa Caterina. Among his pupils was
Domenico Bruni.
Sandrini painted frescoes for the church of
Santi Faustino e Giovita in Brescia. Sandrini painted the ceiling of the church of the Carmini. He was active in painting the cupola of
Madonna della Ghiara and the church of San Giovanni in Reggio Emilia; as well as a church in
Mirandola
Mirandola ( Mirandolese: ) is a city and ''comune'' of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, northeast of the provincial capital by railway.
History
Mirandola originated as a Renaissance city-fortress. For four centuries it was ...
. Sandrini died in the town of
Palazzolo sull'Oglio
Palazzolo sull'Oglio (Brescian and Bergamasque: ; locally ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Brescia, in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is located south of Lake Iseo, bordering the Province of Bergamo, and has a population ...
.
Abecedario pittorico
by Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi, page 409.
References
Further reading
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1575 births
1630s deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
17th-century Italian painters
Italian Renaissance painters
Quadratura painters
Painters from Brescia
Fresco painters
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