Nicola Filotesio (9 September 1480 iffering sources give 1489��31 August 1547 ources also give 1559 was an Italian painter, architect and

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of the

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period, active primarily in or near the town of

Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno (; ; ) is a (municipality) and capital of the province of Ascoli Piceno, in the Italy, Italian region of Marche. Geography The town lies at the confluence of the Tronto, River Tronto and the small Castellano (river), River Castell ...

(modern capital of Ascoli Piceno Province in the

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region). A native of the town of Amatrice in the Bourbon region of

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(at present day part of the

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in the

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region), Nicola Filotesio also appears in contemporary records as Cola dell'Amatrice or Cola Amatricius. The son of Mariano Filotesio, he trained with Dionisio Cappelli, painted

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es at

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and completed, between 1514 and 1535, works of art in Ascoli Piceno. He designed the façade of the basilica of San Bernardino in

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. The date and place of Nicola Filotesio's birth have been historically recorded, but the year has varied within a nine-year period, having been variously indicated as 1480 and 1489. Similarly, the date of his death and the place (Ascoli Piceno) are on record, but the year has varied within a twelve-year range, being given as 1547 or 1559.Fabiani, Giuseppe. ''Cola dell'Amatrice secondo i documenti ascolani'', (Ascoli Piceno) 1952. A museum dedicated to Filotesio's work stood in the town of his birth until it was destroyed in a 2016 earthquake.La Repubblica,
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*Farquhar, Maria (1855), R. N. Wornum, editor. ''Biographical Catalogue of the Principal Italian Painters, by a Lady'' (page 6). Angel Court, Skinner Street, London: Woodfall & Kinder. Original Oxford University. Googlebooks digitized 27 June 2006. 1480s births 1550s deaths Painters from Lazio 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Naples Fresco painters People from Amatrice {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub