Pompeo Morganti

Pompeo Morganti, also known as Pompeo da Fano (circa 1494 - 1568) was an Italian painter, active in the Marche.

He was born in Fano, the son of the painter Bartolomeo Morganti, also known as Bartolomeo di Matteo de' Marescalchi. Pompeo contributed an somewhat ghostly painting depicting the Apparition of the Virgin for the Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine delle Grazie in Montegridolfo.^[1][2][3] Vasari mentions that he (Pompeo da Fano) was briefly the teacher of Taddeo Zuccaro,^[4] while others mention his father Ottaviano. He painted a Raising Lazarus and St Michael defeats Satan, now in the museum of the Art gallery of Fano.^[5]

References

1. The canvas depicting the Virgin was restored in the 18th century. The virgin appears with billowing white robes in an awkward naturalistic style, not typical for the era.
2. Commune of Montegridolfo, entry on Sanctuary.
3. La Civiltà cattolica, Issues 3595-3600, page 95: Review of Angelo Chiretti's book on Il Santuario della Beata Vergine delle Grazie di Montegridolfo nelle opere di Pompeo Morganti (1494ca-1568) e Jacopo Venturi (1718-1803), Rimini, 1998.
4. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori ed architetti, Second volume, by Giorgio Vasari, curated by F Ranalli, in Florence, 1848, page 1315.
5. Gettu images, Raising Lazarus and St Michael defeating Satan.