Lattanzio Pagani (active after 1543, died circa 1582) was an Italian painter of the late-

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period, active mainly in Umbria.

Biography

He was born in

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in the

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, in the region of

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. He was an artist attached to Cardinal Tiberio Crispo after 1543, and when the Cardinal was papal legate in Umbria in 1545–1548. After 1553, Pagani became a captain in the militia. He later studied law in

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, receiving a doctorate in 1567. He became the Bargello in Rome in 1573. He painted frescoes (circa 1546) for the Frescoes in Palazzo Trinci in

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. The art historian

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documents that Pagani worked during 1543–1544 in painting frescoes in the no longer extant Rocca Paolina of Perugia. He was aided by Cristofano Gherardi. He also painted two altarpieces: *''Santa Margherita Altarpiece'' (1547-9), painted for the Nunnery of Santa Margherita, but now in the

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in Perugia. Pagani is thought to have painted the predella, while the main panel is presumed the work of

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. *''Santa Maria del Popolo Altarpiece'' (1548-9), commissioned by Cardinal Crispo for the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, but now in

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. Part of the altarpiece was attributed by Vasari to Gherardi.

References

Key to Umbria
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