Antonio Cimatori, called Il Visacci (c. 1550–1623) was an Italian painter.

Life

Cimatori was a native of

Urbino Urbino ( ; ; Romagnol: ''Urbìn'') is a walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of ...

, who excelled in

chiaroscuro Chiaroscuro ( , ; ), in art, is the use of strong contrast (vision), contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts ...

and in pen and ink drawing, painting mainly religious scenes. He was a scholar of

Federico Barocci Federico Barocci (also written ''Barozzi'')(c. 1535 in Urbino – 1612 in Urbino) was an Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker. His original name was Federico Fiori, and he was nicknamed Il Baroccio. His work was highly esteemed and inf ...

. Among his pupils was Giulio Cesare Begni. His paintings of the ''Annunciation'' and of ''St Francesca da Rimini'' are in the church of S. Biagio in

Roncofreddo Roncofreddo ( rgn, Runfrèd or ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Fo ...

. He painted an ''Adoration of the Magi'' and a ''Crucifixion'' for the church of San Giovanni Battista, Rimini.La patria; geografia dell' Italia: pte. 2. Provincie di Ravenna, Ferrara, Forli'
Luigi Borsari, 1901, page 282.

Works

*''St. Matthew and the Angel'' *Works at the Louvre (in the graphic arts department), Paris: **''Annunciation'' **''Martyrdom of St Sebastian''

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* Year of birth unknown 1623 deaths Painters from Urbino 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Year of birth uncertain {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub