Felice Riccio

Francesco Fabi, Pasquale Ottini and Sante Creara are recorded as having studied under Felice Riccio. Places of work recorded in the authority are Verona and Florence. Works named in the authority record are The Holy Family with a Saint. Work by Felice Riccio is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.

• Born — 1542 • Birthplace — Verona, Republic of Venice • Died — 1605 • Place of death — Verona, Republic of Venice • Known for — Painting • Training — Domenico Riccio • Movement — Mannerism

His painterly, soft version of Mannerism is evident in the Annunciation and Four Saints on the organ shutters of the church of the Madonna di Campagna at San Michele Extra, in the province of Verona, and also in the large Finding of Moses (1584; Verona, Castelvecchio). The Flagellation of Christ (c. 1596; San Michele Extra, Madonna di Campagna) has the same physical types and gestures but is transformed by a delicate luminism. The late works, dating from 1598–1600 onwards, approach a Baroque style and display a more intense religious feeling. In the Giusti Altarpiece of the Virgin in Glory with Saints (1598; Verona, Sant'Anastasia) Felice used agitated gestures, although the figures’ proportions are more normal, but in the Christ and the Virgin Appearing to Franciscan Saints (1600; Bolzano, Chiesa dei Cappuccini) this agitation is replaced by a more effective calm. Felice was locally celebrated for his refinement, delicacy of form and cool tones. He was the teacher of several Veronese Baroque painters, including Alessandro Turchi, Pasquale Ottini, Santo Creara, and Marcantonio Bassetti. A number of Riccio's pupils died during the Plague of 1630, including Girolamo Vernigo (dei Paesi), Bartolommeo Farfusola, Ottavo delle Comare, Girolamo Maccacaro, Paolo Zuccaro, Michelangelo Bozzoletta, and Zeno Donato.

• Illustration — Holy Family with Saint Ursula, Louvre, Paris • Illustration — Dead Christ Mourned by Angels, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston • Illustration — Value crowned by Fame, Castelvecchio Museum, Verona • Illustration — St. Sylvester baptizes Emperor Constantine, San Francesco al Corso, Verona • Illustration — St. Catherine of Siena, Castelvecchio Museum, Verona • Illustration — Battle of the Centaurs, Castelvecchio Museum, Verona • Illustration — Portrait of Bartolomeo Carteri, Castelvecchio Museum, Verona • Illustration — Madonna and Child between Saints Anthony, a bishop and the holy martyrs, Castelvecchio Museum, Verona • Illustration — Flagellation of Christ, Castelvecchio Museum, Verona • Illustration — Saint Justina, Castelvecchio Museum, Verona