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CAMASSEI

Volume 6 · 80 words · 1860 Edition

Andrea, a celebrated historical and landscape painter and engraver, born in 1602, at Bevagna, near Foligno. He studied at Rome under Domenichino and Andrea Sacchi. His principal works are to be seen in the Pantheon, the church of the Capuchins, and the Baptistery of St John Lateran. They are remarkable for sweetness of colouring, elegance of design, and delicacy of execution. He was also the author of a fine engraving of the Holy Family. Camassei died at Rome in 1648.