Federigo Brunori

Federigo or Federico Brunori or il Brunorino (1566-1649) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Gubbio.

Biography

He was a pupil of Felice Damiani. He was prolific. His portraits are natural, often clothed in foreign drapery. He may have modeled some compositions on prints of Albrecht Dürer. Along with Pier Angelo Basili, he helped fresco the presbytery of the church of Santa Croce in Gubio. He also completed portraits for the Florentine gallery of artists. Vincenzo Chiappini was his pupil.^[1]

References

↑ Memorie e guida storica di Gubbio, by Oderigi Lucarelli, Stab. Tipografia Literaria S. Lapi, (1888), Citta di Castello, page 449.

Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 192.

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