Aurelio Lomi was an Italian

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 painter of the late-Renaissance

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 and early-Baroque

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 periods, active mainly in his native town of Pisa

Pisa

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, Tuscany

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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

Pisa

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, Florence

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, Rome

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, and Genoa

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. 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

Carignano

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. In Rome, he painted frescoes in the Pinelli chapel of Santa Maria in Vallicella

Chiesa Nuova

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, 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

Orazio Gentileschi

Orazio Lomi Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter, one of more important painters influenced by Caravaggio...

. Other pupils include Orazio Riminaldi

Orazio Riminaldi

Orazio Riminaldi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Riminaldi was born at Pisa. He was a pupil of the painter Ranieri Borghetti, then Aurelio Lomi, and finally Orazio Gentileschi. He painted in a Caravaggist style in Rome, and returned to Pisa, ultimately choosing a muted style. He...

, Simone Balli

Simone Balli

Simone Balli was an Italian painter of the 17th century. He settled in Genoa in 1600, where he mainly painted. He trained with Aurelio Lomi, and painted often small cabinet pieces on copper, for example for the Spinola palace in Cornigliano . He also painted for the church of Santa Maria delle...

, Domenico Fiasella

Domenico Fiasella

Domenico Fiasella was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa. He was nicknamed Il Sarzana, after his birthplace.-Biography:...

, Pietro Gnocchi

Pietro Gnocchi

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 and Augustin Montanari.

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

Works in Pisa

• Madonna and Angels, Palazzo Gambacorti
• Saint Jerome (1595), Pisa Cathedral
• Virtue, Church of San Michele in Borgo
  San Michele in Borgo
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• 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

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