Camillo Filippi (died 1574) was an Italian painter who flourished about the middle of the 16th century.

Biography

Filippo was born in

Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...

. He was a disciple of

Dosso Dossi Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, better known as Dosso Dossi ( 1489–1542) was an Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the School of Ferrara, painting in a style mainly influenced by Venetian painting, in particular Giorgione and early Tit ...

, and painted historical works with some success. The ''Annunciation'' in the choir of the church of Santa Maria in Vado at Ferrara is attributed to Filippo; as is the ''Trinity'' in the Church of the Jesuits. He painted for the fresco cycle of Oratorio dell'Annunziata, Ferrara. His death took place in 1574. His son,

Sebastiano Filippi Sebastiano Filippi (or Bastianino; c. 1536 – 23 August 1602) was an Italian late Renaissance – Mannerism, Mannerist Painting, painter of the School of Ferrara (Painting), School of Ferrara. Biography He was born in Lendinara to a painter, Ca ...

(Il Bastianino), became a prominent local painter. His younger son Cesare Filippi was also a painter.Catalogo istorico de' pittori e scultori ferraresi e delle opere loro.
Volume 1; author Cesare Cittadella; published by Francesco Pomatelli in Ferrara, 1782, Page 114-119.

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* 1500 births 1574 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Ferrara Fresco painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub