Francesco Allegrini da Gubbio (1587–1663) was an Italian painter of the

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period. His children, Flaminio and Angelica Allegrini, were also painters. Angelica painted a canvas for the church of San Francesco, Gubbio.

Biography

Born in

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, he was also called ''Francesco da Gubbio''. His father, Flaminio Allegrini da

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, was also a painter. He studied under

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(Cavaliere D'Arpino), and later was helped by his sons in painting historical and religious paintings. A short biography is mentioned by

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. He was admired as a battle painter. He was active in Rome, Genoa, Savona, and Naples. In Rome, he painted in the Vatican Loggias. He also painted in the church of

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, and the chapel of San Antonio in the church of Santi Cosma e Damiano . He painted for the Casa Durazzo in Genoa. In Savona he painted for the Palazzo Gavotti and the

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.Memorie e guida storica di Gubbio
by Oderigi Lucarelli, Stab. Tipografia Literaria S. Lapi, (1888), Citta di Castello, page 450.

Sources

* Angelica Allegrini 1587 births 1663 deaths People from Gubbio 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Umbrian painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub