Scipione Pulzone
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Scipione Pulzone (Gaeta, c. 1550 – February 1, 1598), also known as Il Gaetano, was an Italian late Renaissance Mannerist or, more properly, "counter-Maniera" painter active in Rome. He was a disciple of Jacopino del Conte. he was best known for his portraits.
He painted portraits of Gregory XIII, Cardinal de' Medici and the Grand Duke Ferdinand de Medici, Eleonora de' Medici, and Maria de' Medici. He also painted an Assumption with the Apostles for San Silvestro al Quirinale ; a Pietà for the Gesu; and a Crucifixion for Santa Maria in Vallicella. He died at Rome .
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- Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). in Pelican History of Art: Painting in Italy, 1500-1600. Penguin Books, p. 660-664.
- Bryan, Michael (1889). in Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, page 328.
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