Francesco Nappi (1565 – 1630s) was an Italian painter, mainly recalled for his decorative frescoes in a

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 ...

style.

Biography

He was born in Milan. He painted for one of the chapels in

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem or Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, ( la, Basilica Sanctae Crucis in Hierusalem) is a Catholic Minor basilica and titular church in rione Esquilino, Rome, Italy. It is one of the Seven Pilgrim ...

and

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. He died in Rome age 65.

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* 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Renaissance painters Mannerist painters 1565 births 1630s deaths {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub