Cesare Torelli
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Cesare Torelli Romano was an Italian
painter.
He was born in Rome
, and a pupil of Giovanni de' Vecchi
. He flourished in the pontificate of Paul V, and was employed both as a painter and a mosaicist in the library of the Vatican
, and in the Scala Santa in San Giovanni Laterano. He painted two Sibyls in the church of La Madonna del Orto. He died in 1615.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter.
He was born in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, and a pupil of Giovanni de' Vecchi
Giovanni de' Vecchi
Giovanni de' Vecchi was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.Born in Borgo San Sepolcro, He first apprenticed with the painter Raffaello del Colle, then with Taddeo Zuccari, whom he assisted in the interior decoration of the Villa Farnese at Caprarola, a major work in the Mannerist...
. He flourished in the pontificate of Paul V, and was employed both as a painter and a mosaicist in the library of the Vatican
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
, and in the Scala Santa in San Giovanni Laterano. He painted two Sibyls in the church of La Madonna del Orto. He died in 1615.