Antonio Cimatori

Antonio Cimatori, called Il Visacci (c. 1550–1623) was an Italian painter.^[1]

Life

Cimatori was a native of Urbino, who excelled in chiaroscuro and in pen and ink drawing, painting mainly religious scenes.^[2] He was a scholar of Federico Barocci. Among his pupils was Giulio Cesare Begni.^[3]

His paintings of the Annunciation and of St Francesca da Rimini are in the church of S. Biagio in Roncofreddo.^[4] He painted an Adoration of the Magi and a Crucifixion for the church of San Giovanni Battista, Rimini.^[5]

Works

• St. Matthew and the Angel
• Works at the Louvre (in the graphic arts department), Paris:
  • Annunciation
  • Martyrdom of St Sebastian