Vespasiano Strada
Vespasiano Strada (1582–1622) was an Italian painter and engraver of the early-Baroque period, mainly active in Rome. His biography is summarized by Giovanni Baglione. • Illustration — "Scene from the life of San Feliciano" Cathedral of San Feliciano, Foligno, Italy He was born of Spanish parentage in Rome. He worked chiefly in fresco, and had embellished the churches and public edifices at Rome with several of his historical paintings.
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Vespasiano Strada

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- Vespasiano Strada was born on 1 January 1582. · Rome.
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- Vespasiano Strada died on 5 August 1622. · Rome.
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Vespasiano Strada (1582–1622) was an Italian painter and engraver of the early-Baroque period, mainly active in Rome. His biography is summarized by Giovanni Baglione. • Illustration — "Scene from the life of San Feliciano" Cathedral of San Feliciano, Foligno, Italy He was born of Spanish parentage in Rome. He worked chiefly in fresco, and had embellished the churches and public edifices at Rome with several of his historical paintings.
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He painted for the cloister of the monastery of Sant' Onofrio, and for the church of Santa Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio, the Visitation of the Virgin Mary to St. Elisabeth, and the Adoration of the Shepherds. He died in Rome, at the age of thirty-six years, in the pontificate of Pope Paul V.
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- 1.il Baglione lo dice morto a circa 36 anni, ma non indica anno di nascita né anno di morte; si utilizzano qui i riferimenti anagrafici indicati nel Catalogo della Fondazione Zeri.
- 2.La chiesa, oggi scomparsa, sorgeva su via del Corso insieme al relativo convento, nel luogo dove dal 1878 fu eretto palazzo Marignoli (il pianterreno ospitò per oltre un secolo il Caffè Aragno); ne è rimasto il nome della strada tra piazza S. Silvestro e il Corso.
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