Cesare Nebbia (c.1536–c.1614) was an Italian

Mannerist Mannerism 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 Italy, when the Baroque style largely replaced it ...

painter from

Orvieto Orvieto () is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are compl ...

Biography

Nebbia was born in

. He trained with Girolamo Muziano, with whom he helped complete a flurry of decoration that was added to the Cathedral of Orvieto in the 1560s. Almost all the remaining work in Orvieto is now in the Museo del Duomo. Nebbia and Muziano participated in many of the premier projects in late 16th-century

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. Along with Muziano's other assistant, Giovanni Guerra, they decorated the ''Gregorian Chapel'' in

St Peter's Basilica The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (; ), is a church of the Italian Renaissance architecture, Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the cit ...

during the pontificate of

Gregory XIII Pope Gregory XIII (, , born Ugo Boncompagni; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake ...

(1572–1585). Other Mannerist painters involved in this enterprise were Taddeo and

Federico Zuccari Federico Zuccaro, also known as Federico Zuccari and Federigo Zucchero ( July/August 1609), was an Italian painter, draughtsman, architect and writer. He worked in various cities in Italy, as well as in other countries such as Spain, France, t ...

, Niccolò Circignani, and

Hendrick van den Broeck Hendrick van den Broeck or Arrigo Fiammingo (c. 1530 – 28 September 1597) was a Flemish people, Flemish painter, fresco painter, glass painter and sculptor of the late-Renaissance or Mannerism, Mannerist period. After training in Flanders, ...

(known as ''Arrigo Fiammingo''). The fresco decorations in ''Palazzo Simonelli'' in Torre San Severo (near

) have been attributed to Nebbia. In 1576, he painted a ''Resurrection of Lazarus'' for the Church of Santa Maria dei Servi in

Città della Pieve Città della Pieve is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located in Valdichiana a few kilometres from the border between Umbria and Tuscany, and about southwest of Perugia and southeast of Chiusi ...

. Nebbia and Guerra together supervised the two major fresco commissions of the pontificate of Pope

Sixtus V Pope Sixtus V (; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death, in August 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order, where h ...

(1585–1590). Starting in 1586, they participated in the painting of scenes from the

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in the church of

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and its new ''Capella Sistina'' (not to be confused with the more famous

Sistine Chapel The Sistine Chapel ( ; ; ) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the ''Cappella Magna'' ('Great Chapel'), it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and ...

Giovanni Baglione Giovanni Baglione (; 1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. Although a prolific painter, Baglione is best remembered for his encyclopedic collection of biographies of the o ...

identifies these frescos as the collaborative work of ten painters:Rhoda Eitel-Porter, p. 452 # Cesare Nebbia #

# Angelo from Orvieto # Ercolino from Bologna # Salvatore Fontana # Lattanzio Mainardi # Ferdinando Sermei # Giacomo Stella # Giovanni Battista Pozzo #

Paris Nogari Paris Nogari (c. 1536–1601) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, a minor pupil of Cesare Nebbia active mainly in Rome. He painted in the library of the Vatican in a style resembling Raffaellino da Reggio and was among the painters w ...

. During the refurbishment of the Lateran palace and church of

San Giovanni in Laterano The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (officially the ''Major Papal, Patriarchal and Roman Archbasilica, Metropolitan and Primatial Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist in Lateran, Mother and Head of A ...

, Nebbia and Guerra painted in the '' Scala Sancta'' and the papal ''Sancta Sanctorum'', the chapel of St. Lawrence. This project employed an overlapping crew of artists, including

himself, Stella, Giovanni Battista Pozzo, Nogari, Prospero Orsi, Ferraù Fenzoni,

Paul Bril Paul Bril (1554 – 7 October 1626) was a Southern Netherlands, Flemish painter and printmaker principally known for his Landscape art, landscapes.Nicola Courtright. "Paul Bril." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. ...

, Paolo Guidotti,

Giovanni Battista Ricci Giovanni Battista Ricci (Novara, circa 1537 – Rome, 1627) nicknamed Il Novara after his birth town, was an list of Italian painters, Italian painter of the late-Mannerism, Mannerist and early-Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. Biography Ri ...

, Cesare Torelli, Antonio Vivarini,

Andrea Lilio Andrea Lilio (1555 - 1642) was an Italian painter born in Ancona, hence he also is known as ''L'Anconitano''. He painted mainly in his native city, as well as in Rome, where he was active from the beginning of the Seicento, 17th century until a ...

, Cesare and Vicenzo Conti,

Baldassare Croce Baldassare Croce (Bologna, 1558–November 8, 1628) was an Italian painter, active during the late-Mannerist period, active mainly in and around Rome. Biography He trained in Bologna, and moved to Rome by 1581. Known as a prolific academic paint ...

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 Antonio Scalvati. Numerous preliminary drawings by Nebbia exist for these frescoes. Nebbia helped paint galleries in Vatican libraries, including the ceilings of the map gallery. During the papacy of

Clement VIII Pope Clement VIII (; ; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 January 1592 to his death in March 1605. Born in Fano, Papal States to a prominen ...

he designed the pendentive mosaics depicting the Evangelists Matthew and Mark for

St. Peter's Basilica The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (; ), is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy. It was initiall ...

. He painted a ''Crucifixion'' for

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chapel in the church of Trinità dei Monti. He painted a ''Resurrection'' for

San Giacomo degli Spagnoli Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore (, also known as San Giacomo degli Spagnoli and in Spanish, Santiago de los Españoles) is a Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary located in Rome's Piazza Navona. History An earlier church, San Giacomo de ...

. He painted a ''Coronation of the Virgin'' for the church of Santa Maria dei Monti. Along with the painter known as ''il Bertoia'',

and others, he helped fresco the walls of the Oratorio del Gonfalone in Rome. He also contributed to the decoration of the '' Oratory of Santissimo Crocifisso''. In 1603-1604, he moved to

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where he worked for

Federico Borromeo Federico Borromeo (; 18 August 1564 – 21 September 1631) was an Italian cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan, Archbishop of Milan, and prominent figure of the Counter-Reformation in Italy. His acts of charity, ...

painting a series of frescoes on the life of the ''Blessed

Carlo Borromeo Charles Borromeo (; ; 2 October 1538 – 3 November 1584) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584. He was made a cardinal in 1560. Borromeo founded the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and was ...

'' for various sites, including the Collegio Borromeo in

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, the collegiata di Arona, and the Palazzo Borromeo on Isola Bella. He became the ''prince'' of the San Luca Academy in 1597.

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