Dono Doni, also known as Adone Doni or Dono dei Doni (1505-1575) was an Italian painter of the

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period active mainly in

Umbria Umbria ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore, Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula. The re ...

Biography

Doni was born at

Assisi Assisi (, also ; ; from ; Central Italian: ''Ascesi'') is a town and comune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Prope ...

. While Lanzi and others claim he was a disciple of

Pietro Perugino Pietro Perugino ( ; ; born Pietro Vannucci or Pietro Vanucci; – 1523), an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school, developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance. Raphael became his most famou ...

, the first we know of Doni was that in 1530 he was an assistant to Giovanni di Pietro (lo Spagna) at San Giacomo in

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; ) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is south of Trevi, north of Terni, southeast of Perugia; southeast of Florence; and north of Rome. H ...

. In the church of San Francesco, at Perugia, is a picture depicting the ''Last Judgment'' by Doni;' and one of the ''Adoration of the Kings'' is in San Pietro in the same city. He worked chiefly at Assisi. For the church of San Crispolto of

Bettona Bettona (Latin: ''Vettona'') is an ancient town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in central Umbria at the northern edge of the Colli Martani range. It is 5 km (3 mi) E of Torgiano and 12 km (7 mi) SW of Assisi. I ...

, he painted an ''Adoration of the Shepherds'' (1543), now at the Pinacoteca Civica of the town. For the Ciccoli family chapel at the church of San Francesco in

Bevagna Bevagna is a town and ''comune'' in the central part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria), in the flood plain of the Topino river. Bevagna is south-east of Perugia, west of Foligno, north-north-west of Montefalco, south of Assisi ...

, he painted a ''Madonna and Child'' (ca. 1565), now in the city picture gallery. In

Foligno Foligno (; Central Italian, Southern Umbrian: ''Fuligno'') is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennine Mountains, Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clit ...

, he painted a fresco depicting the ''Nativity with St Lucy'' (1544) for the monastery of Sant'Anna; a frieze for the Sala Papale (attributed, ca. 1545) of Palazzo Trinci; and a fresco depicting the ''Martyrdom of St Catherine of Alexandria'' for the nunnery of Santa Caterina Vecchia, now detached and in the Pinacoteca Civica. In

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennine Mountains, Apennines. History Prehistory The ol ...

, he painted a ''Pietà'' (after 1560) and a ''Road to Calvary'' (ca. 1564) now in the

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.Key to Umbria biography. He also worked with

Lattanzio Pagani Lattanzio Pagani (active after 1543, died circa 1582) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period, active mainly in Umbria. Biography He was born in Monterubbiano in the province of Fermo, in the region of Marche. He was an ...

and Cristofano Gherardi at the no longer-extant Rocca Paolina of

Perugia Perugia ( , ; ; ) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. It has 162,467 ...

. In the Lower Church of the Franciscan Convent at Assisi there are Doni frescoes depicting the ''Preaching and Martyrdom of St Stephen'', and in the small

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is the ''Last Supper'' (1573), probably his last work. Doni died at Assisi in 1575.

Vasari Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer who is best known for his work '' Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'', considered the ide ...

errs in stating that he was a nephew of Taddeo Bartoli. In the Berlin Gallery there is by him a 'Madonna with the Infant Jesus,' who is represented as reaching after a book which is in the Virgin's hand.

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Attribution: * 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters Umbrian painters 1505 births 1575 deaths People from Assisi {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub