Luca Longhi (14 January 1507 – August 12, 1580) was an Italian painter of the late-

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period, active in and near

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, where he mainly produced religious paintings and portraits.

Biography

It is unclear who his master was. Among his portraits, he painted a portrait of Giovanni Guidiccione, bishop of

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; of Giulio dalla Rovere, Cardinal of

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, who died 1577; as well as

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, Cardinal Legate of Romagna; Cristoforo Boncòmpagni, archbishop of Ravenna; and Giovanni Battista Rossi, Generale del Carmine, who died in Rome in 1577. His works include ''The Marriage of Saint Catherine'' (1529), ''Lady and the Unicorn'', ''Adoration by the Shepherds'', ''Virgin and Child with Saints Sebastian and Rocco'', ''Martyrdom of Saint Ursicinus'' (oil on canvas) and ''

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''. He trained two of his children, Francesco Longhi (1544–1618) and Barbara Longhi (1552–1638). Barbara collaborated with him on several of his later works, including ''Marriage of Canae'' (1580), incorporating portraits of Barbara and Francesco Longhi. Both he and his daughter were among the artists mentioned by

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. Along with his son Francesco, he painted a ''Marriage at Canna'' for the refectory of the convent and the organ doors of the church of the Camaldolesi in Ravenna. In the picture were depicted his daughter Barbara, and his son Francesco, and the Abbot of the Monastery, Don Pietro Bagnolo da Bagnacavallo. He painted a ''Venus'' for Quaranta Aldrovandi of Bologna. The cavaliere Pomponio Spreti had many works among them ''Madonna and child and St John'', which he donated to Cardinal Sforza. He painted an ''Ascension of Christ'' for the Cathedral of

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. He died in Ravenna of a catarrhal illness, that spread from Paris throughout Italy. He was buried in San Domenico, Ferrara.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Longhi, Luca 1507 births 1580 deaths People from Ravenna 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Mannerist painters