About Stefano Cassiani
Lived 1636 – 1714 (aged 77). Stefano Cassiani was a painter and latin Catholic monk.
Padre Stefano Cassiani (9 March 1636 – 15 February 1714) was an Italian painter of the Baroque.
Biography He was also called Il Certosino (the Carthusian) by virtue of being a monk of that order. He was born Baldassare Cassiani (al seculo) in Ansano, near Pescaglia which is now province of Lucca. He followed the style of Pietro da Cortona and Filippo Gherardi.
He painted frescoes for the church of San Paolino in Lucca. He began painting at the Certosa of Farneta under Giovanni Fondagna. He painted in fresco the cupola of the church of abbey, as well as two altar-pieces, representing subjects from the Life of the Virgin. Other churches of his order at Pisa and Siena, contained works by him.
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Italian painter (1636-1714)
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Stefano Cassiani was born on 9 March 1636 in Pescaglia.
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Stefano Cassiani died on 15 February 1714.
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Stefano Cassiani was a painter and latin Catholic monk.
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