Baccio Ciarpi (1574–1654) was an Italian painter of the late-

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and early-

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style. Born in Barga in

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, he was active in

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. He is best known for having mentored briefly

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. He painted a number of canvases, including a ''Madonna del Rosario'' and ''Crucifixion with Saints'', for the Pieve di Santa Maria in Barga. In Rome, there are paintings by him in

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and

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* 1574 births 1654 deaths Artists from the Province of Lucca 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters People from Barga, Tuscany {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub