Salvi Castellucci
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Salvi Castellucci (1608–1672) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
period, active mainly in
Arezzo Arezzo ( , ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the Province of Arezzo, province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of Above mean sea level, above sea level. As of 2 ...
where he painted frescos on the ceiling (fourth and fifth aisles) of
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. He trained in Rome with
Pietro da Cortona Pietro da Cortona (; 1 November 1596 or 159716 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman ...
. His son, Pietro Castellucci painted in his style.


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* * * 1608 births 1672 deaths Artists from Arezzo 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Tuscany Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub