Baroccio, Federigo, a celebrated painter, born at Urbino, where the genius of Raphael inspired him. In his early youth he travelled to Rome, where he painted in fresco. He then returned to Urbino, and giving himself up to intense study, acquired great fame as a painter, particularly of religious subjects. He also etched from his own designs a few prints, which are highly finished, and executed with great softness and delicacy. He died at Urbino in 1612, aged 84.