Aurelio Lomi

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Aurelio Lomi (1556 - 1622) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods, active mainly in his native town of Pisa, Tuscany.

He may have initially been trained by his father, Giovanni Battista Lomi, but soon he worked under the painters Bronzino, then Lodovico Cardi (known as Cigoli). He painted in Pisa, Florence, Rome, and Genoa. He painted a St. Jerome (1595) for the cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo of Pisa. In addition he painted frescoes of San Frediano and Don Stefano. He painted a St. Anthony of Padua for the church of San Francesco di Casteletto in Genoa, and a Resurrection of Christ and Last Judgement for Santa Maria in Carignano. In Rome, he painted frescoes in the Pinelli chapel of Santa Maria in Vallicella, including Scenes from the life of the Virgin and Birth of Jesus on the arches, and the Dormition, Coronation, and Funeral of the Madonna on the vault. The walls are frescoed with Rebecca and Eleazar and Yael and Sisera.

A pupil and half-brother of Lomi was Orazio Gentileschi. Other pupils include Orazio Riminaldi, Simone Balli, Domenico Fiasella, Pietro Gnocchi and Augustin Montanari.

[edit] Works

Saint Anthony of Padua, Church of San Francesco, Castelletto, Genoa
Resurrection and Last Judgement, Santa Maria in Carignano
Birth of the Virgin, church of San Siro in Genoa
Deposition from the Cross

[edit] Works in Pisa

Madonna and Angels, Palazzo Gambacorti
Saint Jerome (1595), Pisa Cathedral
Virtue, Church of San Michele in Borgo
Adoration by the Magi, Church of San Frediano
Glory of St. Thomas (1563) Church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria
Madonna and Bambino behind Saint Joseph and Stephen (1593), Church of Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri

[edit] References

Farquhar, Maria (1855). in Ralph Nicholson Wornum: Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006, page 88.
Hobbes, James R. (1849). Picture collector's manual; Dictionary of Painters. T. & W. Boone, 29 Bond Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks (2006) from Oxford library, pages 152.