Benedetto Orsi

Benedetto Orsi (died 1680) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.

Biography

Orsi was born in Pescia in Tuscany. He was a pupil of Baldassare Franceschini (Il Volterrano. He painted a San Giovanni Evangelista for the Oratory of the Misericordia, situated adjacent to the parish church of Santi Stefano e Niccolao of Pescia,. He also painted some lunettes in the church of Sant Maria del Letto in Pistoia.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Cenni biografici dei personaggi illustri della città di Pescia e suoi dintorni, by Giuseppe Ansaldi, (1872), pages 329-330.


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