Francesco Santafede
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Francesco Santafede was an Italian
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 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 Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

. He was the father of the painter Fabrizio Santafede
Fabrizio Santafede
Fabrizio Santafede was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods. He painted in a late-Mannerist style. He was a pupil of his father, the painter Francesco Santafede, and later a pupil of Francesco Curia and Andrea Sabbatini...

, a pupil of Andrea Sabbatini
Andrea Sabbatini
Andrea Sabbatini was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, born in Salerno, and one of the best disciples of Raphael....

. He was a colleague of Francesco Imparato
Francesco Imparato
Francesco Imparato was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his city of birth, Naples.Father of Girolamo Imparato. He trained under Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo, where he became a close friend and fellow-pupil of Fabrizio Santafede. He became a follower of Andrea Sabbatini...

, and like his son, emerged from the studio of Andrea Sabbatini
Andrea Sabbatini
Andrea Sabbatini was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, born in Salerno, and one of the best disciples of Raphael....

 (Andrea di Salerno), although he appears to have also followed the style of Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo
Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo
Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo was an Italian painter, active during the late-Renaissance period, mainly in Naples.Born in Gaeta, He trained with Andrea da Salerno and with Perino del Vaga in Rome. His brother Giovanni Angelico and daughter Mariangiola were also painters. He apparently wrote a...

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