Carlo Allegretti

Carlo Allegretti (16th-17th century) was an Italian painter, mainly of sacred subjects.[1]

Biography

Allegretti was born in Monteprandone, and trained in Venice, following the style of Giacomo Bassano.[2] In the Province of Ascoli, he left a number of works including in the church of San Agostino in Monteprandone, an Offida and an Adoration of the Magi; in the church of San Bartolomeo at Ascoli Piceno, a Martyrdom of San Bartholomew (1605-8). His masterwork is considered to be the tryptich of the Adoration of the Magi (1611) in the Cathedral of Sant'Emidio at Ascoli Piceno.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Garollo, Gottardo (1907). Ulrico Hoepli, ed. Dizionario biografico universale. Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan. p. 66.
  2. ↑ Rassegna bibliografica dell'arte italiana by Egidio Calzini, (1898), page 187.
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia Treccani short biography by Luigia Maria Tosi (1929).


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