Cesare Corte was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

 period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa

Genoa

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He was the pupil of his father, the Venetian painter and later alchemist Valerio Corte. He trained under Luca Cambiaso. According to Baldinucci

Filippo Baldinucci

Filippo Baldinucci was an Italian art historian and biographer.-Life:Baldinucci is considered among the most significant Florentine biographers/historians of the artists and the arts of the Baroque period...

, he was often in demand as a portrait painter. As a young man, he traveled to London and Paris. It is said that Queen Elizabeth

Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

 of England requested a portrait from him, although he is not mentioned in Lord Orfurd's Anecdotes.

In Genoa, he painted Saints Simon and Francis for Santa Maria del Carmine. He painted San Pietro di Banchi adoring the Virgin (1600) for the church of the same name. For the church of San Pietro he painted the titular Saint at the feet of the Virgin; for San Francesco, the altar-piece of the chapel of Prince Massa, representing Mary Magdalene; and for the church of Santa Maria del Carmine two pictures of St. Simeon and St. Francis.

He was known for painting portraits. On December 30, 1612, he was imprisoned by the Roman Inquisition

Roman Inquisition

The Roman Inquisition was a system of tribunals developed by the Holy See during the second half of the 16th century, responsible for prosecuting individuals accused of a wide array of crimes related to heresy, including Protestantism, sorcery, immorality, blasphemy, Judaizing and witchcraft, as...

 for espousing Lutheran beliefs and possessing Protestant literature. He confessed underwent a public abjuration of his heretical beliefs on August 11, 1613 in the church of San Domenico, and was condemned to life in prison, although he died within weeks.

Cesare's son, Davidde, was trained as a painter by 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:...

. Davidde died in 1657 during the plague. Other pupils were Bernardo Strozzi

Bernardo Strozzi

Bernardo Strozzi was a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa, and also active in Venice.-Biography:Strozzi was born in Genoa. He was probably not related to the other Strozzi family....

 and Luciano Borzone

Luciano Borzone

Luciano Borzone was an Italian painter of the Baroque period , active mainly in his natal city of Genoa....

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Cesare Corte