Ludovico Trasi

Ludovico Trasi (1634February 20, 1694) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born and active in Ascoli Piceno.

Trasi was born to a little known painter, Antonio Trasi, who sent his son to study abroad. Contemporarily with his life-long friend Carlo Maratta, Trasi was a pupil of Andrea Sacchi in Rome. Returning to Ascoli, he was active in painting churches and as a scenic designer for the theater.[1] He painted a San Niccolo for the church of San Cristoforo in Ascoli.

Among his pupils were Tommaso Nardini and Luca Vitelli (died 1730).[2][3] His brother, Giovanni Trasi, was also a painter and became a later collaborator in quadratura with Pier-Sante Cicala.[4]

References

  1. Descrizione Delle Pitture Sculture Architetture ed altre cose rare Della Insigne Citta delle Ascoli nelle Marca; by Baldassarre Orsini, Stamperia Baduelliana, Perugia, 1790. page 232-233.
  2. B. Orsini, page 238.
  3. Memorie intorno i letterati e gli artisti della città di Ascoli nel Piceno, by Giacinto Cantalamessa Carboni,page 209.
  4. B. Orsini, page 233-234.


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