Santi Faustino e Giovita affresco navata principale Brescia

Tomasso Sandrino (1575–1631) (also Sandrini) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

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.

Life and works

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