Tommaso Barnabei (sometimes as Tommaso Bernabei), also known as ''Maso Papacello'' (c. 1500 in Rome or Cortona – 18 May 1559 in Cortona), was an Italian painter of the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

. He was a pupil of

Luca Signorelli Luca Signorelli ( – 16 October 1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescos of the ''Last Judgment'' (1499–15 ...

, and aided

Giulio Romano Giulio Pippi ( – 1 November 1546), known as Giulio Romano and Jules Romain ( , ; ), was an Italian Renaissance painter and architect. He was a pupil of Raphael, and his stylistic deviations from High Renaissance classicism help define the ...

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

. At about 1523-4 he assisted Giambattista Caporali at the villa of Cardinal Passerini, near

Cortona Cortona (, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. It is the main cultural and artistic centre of the Val di Chiana after Arezzo. Toponymy Cortona is derived from Latin Cortōna, and from Etruscan language, Etr ...

. He painted three pictures, representing an ''Annunciation'', ''Conception'', and ''Adoration of Magi'' for the church of Santa Maria del Calcinaio, near Cortona, and finally settled at

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, where he died in 1559.

Other works

* ''History of Rome'' (''Storie di Roma''), 1524–1525, fresco, Cortona, Palazzone Passerini. * ''Assumption of the Virgin'', 1525–1528, oil on wood, Chiesa del Calcinaio, Cortona * ''Madonna with Child and Saints'', ca. 1527, fresco, Farneta Abbey,

* ''Pentecost'', ca. 1529, oil on wood, Cathedral of Cortona * ''Annunciation'', 1532, oil on wood, Museo Civico, Montone * Ceiling Decorations, ca. 1528–1530, fresco, Eroli Chapel, Cathedral of Spoleto * Facade Decorations, ca. 1528–1530, fresco, Palazzo Racani

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. * ''Madonna col Bambino Benedicente'', 1540 ca., fresco, Church of Santa Maria, Cesi, Terni. * ''Madonna with Child and Saints'', 1543, fresco, Cortona, Chiesa del Calcinaio. * ''History of Braccio Fortebracci'' (''Storie di Braccio''), 1547–1548, fresco, Sala della Congregazione (Congregational Hall), Palazzo dei Priori in

, now

Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria The Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria ( English: National Gallery of Umbria) the Italian national paintings collection of Umbria, housed in the Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia, in central Italy. Located on the upper floors of the Palazzo dei Priori, the ...

The frescoes have been alternatively attributed to

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 ...

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biography.

References

*Vasari, Giorgio, ''Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori'', Part 4, p. 694, many editions and translations. * *Mario Salmi, ''Tommaso Barnabei detto il Papacello'', in ''Bollettino d'Arte'', 1923, p. 167-182 1559 deaths People from Cortona 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters Umbrian painters Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub