Virgilio Ducci (27 October 1623 – year of death unknown) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly recalled for his work in his native

Città di Castello Città di Castello (); "Castle Town") is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Perugia, in the northern part of Umbria. It is situated on a slope of the Apennines, on the flood plain along the upper part of the river Tiber. The city is north ...

Biography

He was born in

, but as a youth apprenticed with

Francesco Albani Francesco Albani or Albano (17 March or 17 August 1578 – 4 October 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter who was active in Bologna (1591–1600), Rome (1600–1609), Bologna (1609), Viterbo (1609–1610), Bologna (1610), Rome (1610–1617), ...

in Bologna. After his training, he returned home. In the chapel of the Angel Guardian of the Duomo in Citta di Castello, he painted two canvases of the story of Tobias and the Angel. He also painted the lunettes over the arch of the chapel of San Francesco di Paola in the church of San Sebastiano.A Hand-Book for Travellers in Central Italy
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Octavian Blewitt Octavian (John) Blewitt (1810–1884) was an English writer and long-time secretary of the Royal Literary Fund. Biography Octavian Blewitt was the son of John Edwards Blewitt, a merchant, and Caroline, daughter of Peter Symons, sometime mayor of ...

and John Murray, page 153. He likely died as a young man.

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1623 births 17th-century deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Bologna People from Città di Castello {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub