Astolfo Petrazzi (1583–1665) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his hometown of

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centur ...

, but also

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; la, Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome. History Sp ...

and

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. He was a pupil of mainly

Francesco Vanni Francesco Vanni (1563 – 26 October 1610) was an Italian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, publisher and printer active in Rome and his native city of Siena.

, but also worked under

Ventura Salimbeni Ventura di Archangelo Salimbeni (also later called Bevilacqua; 20 January 1568 – 1613) was an Italian Counter-Maniera painter and printmaker highly influenced by the ''vaghezza'' and sensual reform of Federico Barocci. Biography Salimbe ...

and

Pietro Sorri Pietro Sorri (1558-1622) was an Italian painter active in Siena. Biography He first studied under Arcangelo Salimbeni (father of Ventura), and afterwards under Cavaliere Domenico Passignano, whom he accompanied to Venice. Several of his works a ...

. He died in Siena.

Works

*''Ascension'' (''Ascensione''), Museo dell'Opera del Duomo,

Siena Cathedral Siena Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Siena) is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. It was the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Siena, and ...

*''Communion of San Girolamo'',

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*''Conversion of St Paul'', Chiesa della

Carceri di Sant'Ansano, Siena The Church of the Jail of Sant'Ansano, , also known as the Chapel or Oratory of Sant'Ansano in Castelvecchio, is a small, medieval, Roman Catholic religious building located on via Tommaso Pendola in the Terzo di Città of the city of Siena, regio ...

*''Christian Bishop of Magonza concede a Siena alcune franchigie per conto del Barbarossa'' (1627),

Palazzo Pubblico, Siena The Palazzo Pubblico (''town hall'') is a palace in Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. Construction began in 1297 to serve as the seat of the Republic of Siena's government, which consisted of the Podestà and Council of Nine, the elected officia ...

*''Eternal Father and Saints John, Hippolyte and Bernard'',

Basilica di San Francesco, Siena San Francesco is a basilica church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It was erected in c. 1228-1255 and later enlarged in the 14th-15th centuries, the original Romanesque edifice being turned into the current large Gothic one. Architecture The b ...

*''Immaculate Conception'', Chiesa e Convento di Sant'Agostino,

Pietrasanta Pietrasanta is a town and ''comune'' on the coast of northern Tuscany in Italy, in the province of Lucca. Pietrasanta is part of Versilia, on the last foothills of the Apuan Alps, about north of Pisa. The town is located off the coast, where the ...

*''La Madonna and the Plague of Siena'', San Clemente in Basilica of Santa Maria dei Servi, Siena *''La Pietà and Saints Giovanni Evangelista, Bernardino e Tommaso'',

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, Sala di San Pio (St. Pius Hall), Siena *''Lady and St John the Baptist'' (1644), Santi Simone e Giuda Collegiate,

Radicondoli Radicondoli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about southwest of Siena. Main sights Churches in Radicondoli include the ''Collegiata dei Santi Simon ...

*''Madonna del Rosario with the Blessed Franco da Grotti and Saints Domenico, Giovanni Battista, Orsola, Caterina da Siena, Lucia'',

Museo d'Arte Sacra della Val d'Arbia The Museo d'Arte Sacra della Val d'Arbia is a small museum of religious art in Buonconvento, in the Val d'Arbia to the south of Siena, in Tuscany in central Italy. It contain a number of paintings by important artists of the Sienese School, a ...

, ("museum of religious art of the Val d'Arbia"),

Buonconvento Buonconvento is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about southeast of Siena in the area known as the Crete Senesi. History Buonconvento (from the Latin ''bon ...

*''Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomgew'' (1644), San Bartolomeo ad Ancaiano,

Sovicille Sovicille is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about southwest of Siena. Sovicille borders the ''comuni'' of Casole d'Elsa, Chiusdino, Monteriggioni, Mo ...

*''Martyrdom of Saint Crescentius'' (1639),

*''Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian'', fresco in San Sebastiano in Valle Piatta, Siena *''Miracle of St Cerbo'', Museo delle Biccherne, Siena City Archives *''Return of the Prodigal Son'',

Palazzo Chigi-Piccolomini alla Postierla, Siena The Palazzo Chigi all Postierla, but sometimes referred also to as Chigi-Piccolomini or Piccolomini-Adami is a Renaissance style urban palace localized on Via del Capitano #1, corner Piazza Postierla, in the Terzo di Città, in the city of Siena, ...

*''St Giacomo restores vision to a blind man'', Questura, Siena *''St Joseph in Glory'' (1639), Palazzo Pubblico, Siena *''St Sebastian'', Scarlatti Hall, Palazzo Chigi-Saracini, Siena *''Santa Caterina che dà la veste al povero'', Chiesa della Compagnia di Santa Caterina della Misericordia, Serre di Rapolano *''Santa Caterina receives the heart of Christ Redeemer'', Chiesa della Compagnia di Santa Caterina della Misericordia, Rapolano Serre, Rapolano Terme *''Santi Biagio, Domenico, Caterina da Siena e Sebastiano in adorazione della Madonna col Bambino'', Chiesa di San Fortunato a Murlo im Castello/Borgo Murlo,

Murlo Murlo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about south of Siena. Murlo borders the following municipalities: Buonconvento, Civitella Paganico, Montalcino, Mo ...

*Lute player'',

Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena The Pinacoteca Nazionale is a national museum in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists. It is housed in the Brigidi and Buonsignori palaces in the city's center ...

*''Glory of San Giobbe'' (1648), Oratorio di San Rocco, Siena, worked with

Francesco Bertini Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), sever ...

References

* *Piero Torriti: ''Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada'' (''All About Siena''. Edizioni Bonechi, Florence 2004, 1583 births 17th-century deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Siena Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub