Virgilio Nucci (1545-1620) was an

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painter of the late-

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or Mannerism period.

Biography

He was born in

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. History The city's origins are very ancient. ...

. He was son of Benedetto Nucci Virgilio like his brother trained also in

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with Daniele da Volterra. The painter

Felice Damiani Felice Damiani or ''Felice da Gubbio'' (1530-1608) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerism period. Biography He was a pupil of Benedetto Nucci in Gubbio. Because of his lively coloring, he was nicknamed the '' Paolo Verones ...

left some of his painting supplies to Virgilio. Most of his works are in Gubbio, including the Cathedral (1596), church of Sant'Agostino, and the Pinacoteca. He also painted for the church of Madonna dell'Olivo (1589) near Passignano.Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte nella provincia dell'Umbria
By Mariano Guardabassi, (1872) page 365.

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1545 births 1620 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Umbrian painters Italian Renaissance painters Mannerist painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub