Gregorio Pagani

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Gregorio Pagani, Pope Honorius III confirming the Rule of Saint Dominic, fresco. Santa Maria Novella church, Florence, Italy

Gregorio Pagani (3 December 1558 – 1605) was an Italian painter of the late Mannerist period, active mainly in Florence. He was the son of the painter Francesco Pagani, then became a pupil of Santi di Tito, then entered the studio of Ludovico Cigoli. He painted the St. Helena finding the Cross for Santa Maria del Carmine, which was lost in the fire at the church in 1771. He painted a Nativity for the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Among his pupils were Cristofano Allori and Matteo Rosselli.

References

Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum, ed. Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. London: Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street. p. 116.

Selected works

Confirmation of the Rule of Saint Dominic
Meeting between SS Dominic and Francis
Finding of the True Cross
Crucifixion and Saints
Saint Lawrence
Adoration of the Magi
Descent of the Holy Spirit
Tobias Restoring the Sight of his Father
Virgin and Child with SS Michael the Archangel and Benedict
Piramus and Thisbe (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)
Madonna and Child with Saints Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Margaret and Gregory the Great (Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg)

Authority control	VIAF: 60189679 ISNI: 0000 0000 6688 1980 SUDOC: 171856953 ULAN: 500004944

Persondata
Name	Pagani, Gregorio
Alternative names
Short description	Italian painter
Date of birth	3 December 1558
Place of birth
Date of death	1605
Place of death

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