CAMASSEI, ANDREA. – Painter, born in Bevagna on 2 December 1602 and died in Rome on 18 August 1649. He was a pupil of Domenichino, but incorporated into his art elements derived from Sacchi, developing an individuality that places him alongside the latter as the initiator of a distinctly Roman pictorial current, despite its clear descent from the Bolognese stock.
He competed with Pietro da Cortona in the decoration of the Palazzo Barberini and collaborated with Sacchi on the work in the Lateran Baptistery, where he left notable frescoes. Among his altarpieces, noteworthy are a Pietà in the Church of the Capuchins and an Assumption in the Pantheon.
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