Lorenzo Sabbatini or Sabatini, Sabattini or Sabadini (c. 1530–1576), sometimes referred to as Lorenzino da Bologna, was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

painter of the Mannerist period from

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Biography

Sabbatini was born in

and studied with

Prospero Fontana Prospero Fontana (1512–1597) was a Bolognese painter of late Renaissance and Mannerist art. He is perhaps best known for his frescoes and architectural detailing. The speed in which he completed paintings earned him commissions where he wor ...

, who was his teacher and collaborator, and was a friend of

Orazio Samacchini Orazio Samacchini (20 December 1532 – 12 June 1577) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and Mannerist style, active in Rome, Parma, and his native city. Biography He was born and died in Bologna. A close friend of Lorenzo Sabbatini, ...

. His style was also influenced by

Giorgio 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 ideol ...

and the Emilian

mannerism Mannerism 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 Italy, when the Baroque style largely replaced it ...

Parmigianino Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (, , ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, ...

. By 1565 he was working with the studio of Giorgio Vasari in Florence, where was elected member of the

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. Between 1566 and 1573 he was in Bologna, where he decorated the walls of several churches, including Santa Maria delle Grazie, Chiesa della Morte, San Martino Maggiore, and San Giacomo Maggiore. In 1573 he moved to Rome to work under Vasari in the

Cappella Paolina The Cappella Paolina (the Pauline Chapel) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. It is separated from the Sistine Chapel by the Sala Regia. It is not on any of the regular tourist itineraries. Michelangelo's two frescoes in the Cap ...

(with

Federico Zuccari Federico Zuccaro, also known as Federico Zuccari and Federigo Zucchero ( July/August 1609), was an Italian painter, draughtsman, architect and writer. He worked in various cities in Italy, as well as in other countries such as Spain, France, t ...

) and Sala Regia of the Vatican, where he adopted many of the stylistic traits of

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...

's school and produced perhaps his most famous painting, ''The Triumph of Faith over Infidelity''. After Vasari's death in 1574,

Gregory XIII Pope Gregory XIII (, , born Ugo Boncompagni; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake ...

appointed Sabatini superintendent of works in the Vatican, a post he retained until his own premature death. Sabbatini died in Rome in 1577. His students included the engraver Giulio di Antonio Bonasone and the painter of

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origin,

Denis Calvaert Denis Calvaert (; around 154016 April 1619) was an Antwerp-born Flemish painter who spent most of his life in Italy, where he was known as Dionisio Fiammingo () or simply Il Fiammingo ("the Fleming"). Calvaert was a profound student of architectu ...

Works

*''Holy Family and Saints'', Sant'Egidio, Bologna *''The Triumph of Faith over Infidelity'' *''Assumption of the Virgin'' (

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) *Frescoes at the Malvasia Chapel (1566–70, San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna) **''The Four Evangelists'' **''The Four Teachers of the Church'' (1570) *''The Holy Family with Saints John and Michael Archangel'' (1570, San Giacomo Maggiore), executed in part with Denys Calvaert *''Virgin and Child with Saint John'' (1572), Louvre, Paris

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