Giacomo Barucco
Giacomo Barucco (Rovato, 1582 - circa 1630) was an Italian painter, active in a Mannerist style.
Biography
He was contemporary of Antonio Gandino[1] and Camillo Rama. His style was influenced or a pupil of Pietro Marone and Palma il Giovane.
Among his works are a Deposed Christ with two angels and Saints Angelo Carmelitano and Carlo Borromeo for the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Brescia, along with the Sybils and other frescoes in the church. He also painted a Madonna and child with Saints Lucy, Catherine, and Apollonio for the parish church of Marcheno; and an Annunciation (1609) for the Pieve of Quinzano d’Oglio.[2] He also is attributed a canvas of Christ on the Road to Calvary once found in the Church of the Poveri, also called della Misericordia; and of Hell in Sant'Afra.[3]
References
- Ticozzi, Stefano (1830). Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d’ogni etá e d’ogni nazione' (Volume 1). Gaetano Schiepatti; Digitized by Googlebooks, Jan 24, 2007. p. 121.
- ↑ Dizionario degli artisti bresciani By Stefano Fenaroli, Editor and Publisher Stefano Malaguzzi, Brescia, 1877, page 18.
- ↑ Dictionary of Brescian Painters.
- ↑ S. Fenaroli.