Andrea Lilio

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Andrea Lilio (1555/1570 - after 1639) was an Italian painter.

Born in Ancona, he was active in Rome from the beginning of the 17th century until around 1640. He painted in the Mannerist style, already outdated in Baroque Rome at the time. Nevertheless, Lilio created an popular niche for himself by painting allegories for aristocratic audiences. In fact, it is altogether possible that Lilio collaborated for the illustrations of Cesare Ripa's Iconologia, which was a popular source for such motifs for a very long time. Andrea Lilio was the subject of a show in 2003, curated by Massimo Pulini, an artist and teacher at Bologna's Accademia di Belle Arti.

Pulini recently has identified four new allegorical paintings by Lilio at Milan's Bagatti Valsecchi Museum; information is available in the museum's News-Conferences-Archives pages for 2006.

He died at Ascoli Piceno.

[edit] References

  • Massimo Pulini, Andrea Lilio, Motta, 2003
  • Massimo Pulini, "Lilio allegorista: quattro tele al Museo Bagatti Valsecchi i altre novità," Nuovi Studi. Rivista di arte antica e moderna 11 (2004/2005): 225-229
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