SACCHI, ANDREA


Meaning of SACCHI, ANDREA in English

born 1599, Nettuno, Papal States

died June 21, 1661, Rome

Italian painter.

He studied with Pietro da Cortona , to decorate the Sacchetti family villa (1628) and the Barberini Palace, for which he produced the ceiling fresco Allegory of Divine Wisdom (1629–31). His two altarpieces in the church of Santa Maria della Concezione (1631–38) are distinguished by their Classicism. Other notable works include eight canvases in the cupola of the Baptistery of St. John in Rome (1639–45). He was a skilled draftsman and the leading exponent of the Classical tradition in 17th-century Roman painting.

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