Virgilio Nucci (1545-1620) was an

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painter of the late-

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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 ...

period.

Biography

He was born in

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennine Mountains, Apennines. History Prehistory The ol ...

. He was son of

Benedetto Nucci Benedetto Nucci (1515–1587) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerism period. Biography He was born in Cagli. He was a pupil of Pietro Paolo Baldinacci in Gubbio, in the Church State, today in Umbria. Benedetto married h ...

Virgilio like his brother trained also in

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with

Daniele da Volterra Daniele Ricciarelli (; 15094 April 1566), better known as Daniele da Volterra (, ), was a Mannerism, Mannerist List of Italian painters, Italian painter and sculpture, sculptor. He is best remembered for his association with Michelangelo. Sev ...

. The painter

Felice Damiani Felice Damiani or Felice da Gubbio (1530–1608) was an Italian painter of the Mannerism, Late Renaissance or Mannerism period. Biography He was a pupil of Benedetto Nucci in Gubbio. Because of his lively colouring, he was nicknamed the ''Paolo ...

left some of his painting supplies to Virgilio. Most of his works are in Gubbio, including the Cathedral (1596), church of Sant'Agostino, and the Pinacoteca. He also painted for the church of Madonna dell'Olivo (1589) near Passignano.Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte nella provincia dell'Umbria
By Mariano Guardabassi, (1872) page 365.

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1545 births 1620 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Umbrian painters Italian Renaissance painters Italian Mannerist painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub