Pietro Faccini

Pietro Faccini (1562? - 1602 or 1614), was an Italian painter, active near his birthplace of Bologna in styles bridging Mannerism and the nascent Baroque.

According to Malvasia, the main biographer of the early Bolognese Baroque, he apprenticed in his twenties with the with Ludovico and Annibale Carracci. His style departs from the linear "Roman" quality assumed by his mentor, and has a more sparkling quality, influenced by Tintoretto, Correggio, and Bassano. His documented painterly output consists of about a dozen works. In 1590, he painted the "Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence", now found in the church of "San Giovanni in Monte" (Bologna). He completed altarpieces for "San Domenico" and "Santa Maria dei Servi" in 1593-1594 and a "Presepio" in the Pinacoteca of Bologna.

Annibale Castelli, Agostino Masucci, Domenico Maria Mirandola, and Giovanni Maria Tamburini were among his pupils [*cite book | first= James R.|last= Hobbes| year=1849| title= Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur| editor = | pages= page 84 | publisher= T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street; Digitized by Googlebooks | id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:picture+intitle:collector's | authorlink= ] .

References

* [http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500032767 Getty Museum Biography]
* [http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collections/artist_search.php?artistId=6458&initial=F&artistName=Pietro%20Faccini National Gallery Biography]