Antonio Circignani

Presentation in the Temple (1602-1603).

Antonio Circignani (1560–1620) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance (Mannerism) period and early Baroque. Born in Città della Pieve[1], he is known also as Antonio Pomarancio. He was the son of the painter Niccolò Circignani, and with his father, who died in 1588, he worked in Rome. He was featured in the Vite published by Giovanni Baglione.

One of his most famous paintings, Wedding of the Virgin, is found in the Saint Mary of Angels Basilica in Assisi, Italy.

Works

Other works include a Four Evangelists (Quattro Evengalisti), in Museo di San Francesco, San Marino; and Trinity, in Chiesa della Santissima Trinità, Foiano della Chiana.

Gallery

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  Martyrdom of Pope Anicetus, frescoes at Chapel of Sant'Aniceto e Beata Vergine della Clemenza, Palazzo Altemps, Rome

Sources

• Hobbes, James R. (1849). Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur. London: T&W Boone. p. 53.
• Baglione, Giovanni (1733) [1641]. Le Vite de' Pittori, Scultori, Architetti, ed Intagliatori dal Pontificato di Gregorio XII del 1572. fino a' tempi de Papa Urbano VIII. nel 1642 [Lives of the painters, sculptors, architects, and engravers during the papacies of Gregory XII in 1572 to Urban VIII in 1642]. Naples: Giovanni Battista Passari. p. 189.