300px, ''Nativity'' by Camillo Procaccini Camillo Procaccini (3 March 1561 at Parma – 21 August 1629) was an

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painter. He has been posthumously referred to as the ''

Vasari Giorgio Vasari (, also , ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance Master, who worked as a painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, who is best known for his work '' The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculp ...

of Lombardy'', for his prolific

Mannerist Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Ita ...

fresco decoration. Born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

, he was the son of the painter

Ercole Procaccini the Elder Ercole Procaccini the Elder (1520 – 1595) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, mainly active in Milan. He was born in Bologna. He painted an ''Annunciation'' for the church of San Benedetto, a ''Conversion of St. Paul'' and a ...

, and older brother to

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and Carlo Antonio, both painters.

Works

In 1587 he distinguished in the fresco decoration of the

Basilica della Ghiara The Tempio della Beata Vergine della Ghiara (Temple of the Blessed Virgin of Ghiara), also known as Basilica della Madonna della Ghiara, is a church in Reggio Emilia, northern Italy. The building is the property of the '' comune'' (municipality) ...

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. In the late 1580s he moved to

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...

, where count Camillo Visconti Borromeo commissioned him the decoration of his villa in

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. The organ shutters for the

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were painted after 1590 by Camillo, Giuseppe Meda (died 1599), and Ambrogio Figino. He painted the frescoes of the nave and the apse of the

Cathedral of Piacenza Piacenza Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Piacenza), fully the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta e Santa Giustina, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Piacenza, Italy. The current structure was built between 1122 and 1233 and is one of the most valuable exam ...

in collaboration with

Ludovico Carracci Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci (21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian, early- Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light t ...

(1605–1609), and the vault and choir in San Barnaba of Milan. He painted a ''Nativity'' in the

Sacro Monte d'Orta The Sacro Monte di Orta (literally: "Sacred Mountain of Orta") is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the comune of Orta San Giulio (Piedmont, northern Italy) on the summit of a hill known as San Nicolao, which faces the western shore of Lake ...

. He is known for a ''Martyrdom of St. Agnes'' painted in fresco in the sacristy of the Milan cathedral; a ''Madonna and Child'' painted for the church of Santa Maria del Carmine; an Adoration of the Shepherds'' found in the Brera; and the ceiling of the church of Padri Zoccolanti, representing the ''Assumption of the Virgin''. He painted an altarpiece with the ''Annunciation'' for the

Certosa di Pavia The Certosa di Pavia is a monastery and complex in Lombardy, Northern Italy, situated near Certosa di Pavia (comune), a small town of the same name in the Province of Pavia, north of Pavia. Built in 1396–1495, it was once located on the b ...

and two canvases with ''Mary sister of Moses who rejoices after the passage of the Red Sea'' and ''Rebecca who quenches the thirst of Abraham's servant'' from the cycle of heroines of the Bible (1620-23) for the church of

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. He frescoed a large ''Last Judgment'' in the apse of the church of

San Prospero San Prospero ( Carpigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northeast of Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialec ...

at Reggio. He painted a ''St. Roch administering the Sacrament to the Plague-stricken''. At

Santa Maria del Suffragio, Piacenza Santa Maria del Suffragio is a Neoclassic style, Roman Catholic chapel in the main cemetery of Piacenza, Italy. It was completed in 1826, with a Greek cross layout and a sober portico, by Lotario Tomba. The interior dome and pendentives were fresc ...

he painted ''Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis and Anthony''. Among his pupils was the painter

Giovanni Battista Discepoli Giovanni Battista Discepoli (1590–1660), also called "Lo Zoppo di Lugano" from his being a cripple, was a Swiss-Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Milan. Born in Lugano, Switzerland, he was a pupil of the painter Camill ...

. Another pupil was

Lorenzo Franchi Lorenzo Franchi (Bologna, c. 1563 - c. 1630) was an Italian painter, active in a late-Mannerist or early-Baroque style mainly in Reggio Emilia. Biography He trained under Camillo Procaccini, and traveled with him to Reggio Emilia. Over time, his s ...

(c. 1563 - c. 1630).Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ...
By Giuseppe Campori, page 215.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Procaccini, Camillo 1551 births 1629 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Milan Painters from Bologna Italian Mannerist painters Fresco painters