Giorgio Picchi

Giorgio Picchi (active 1586-1599) was an Italian painter active in Rome, Cremona, Rimini, Urbino, and Urbania. He was either a pupil or follower of Federico Barocci.[1]

Born in Castel Durante, present day Urbania, he is claimed to be one of the team of painters employed to paint the Scala Santa in Rome, as well for the palace of San Giovanni Laterano. He painted for the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento in Cremona. In Rimini, he painted for the church of San Martino and Sant Agostino. He painted in the no longer extant cloister of the Franciscans in Urbania; a number of his canvases (1586) for the church still are in place. He died around the age of 50. [2]

References

  1. ↑ The History of Painting in Italy, Volume 1, by Luigi Lanzi, page 447.
  2. ↑ Delle antichità picene, by Giuseppe Colucci (abate.), page 49.
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