PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.
Christ in Benediction, and a small picture of the
'MartjTdora of St. Lawrence.' Other works by
this Siiinta Croce are :
Berlin. JIusettnt. The Epiphany. ., „ Christ carrviug His Cross. ^ „ The Crucifixion. „ ^ Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. Dresden. Gallery. The Nativity. ,, ., The Martyrdom of S. Lawrence. London. *V<rf. Gallery. T^vo figures of Saints.
SANTAFEDE, Fabeizio, the son of Francesco Santafede, was born at Naples in 1560. He was first instructed by his father, but he afterivards became a scholar of Francesco Curia, and at length visited Rome, where he remained two years, study- ing the principal objects of art in that capital. On his return to Naples he was employed in several considerable works for the public edifices. For the church of the Nunciata he painted a ' Nativity,' and an ' Annunciation to the Shepherds ; ' for S. Maria de Constantinopoli, an ' Adoration of the Magi,' and for S. Maria Nuova a ceiling. He died at Naples in 1634.
SANTAFEDE, Francesco, bom about 1519, was a Neapolitan, and a scholar of Andrea Sabbatini, called da Salerno. There are many of his works in the churches at Naples, of which the best, per- haps, is the ' Coronation of the Virgin,' in S. Maria Nuova.
SANT AGNESE, Stefano da, otherwise known as "the Pievan of Sant Agnese," is the author of an enthroned Madonna, signed, and dated 1369, now in the Correr Museum, Venice. The .cademy 01 that city possesses a 'Coronation of the Virgin," signed by Stefano in 1381. Nothing further is known of him.
SANTAGOSTINI, GiAcnrro and Agostino, the sons of Giacomo Santagostino, painted in the 17th century. Among their Joint works were large pictures for S. Fedele in Milan. They also painted many works independently of each other, and Agostino was the author of a little treatise on the pictures in Milan, called ' L'Immortalita et Glorie del Pennello,' pubhshed in 1671.
SANTAGOSTINO, Giacomo Astoxio, born at Milan in 1588, was a scholar of Giulio Cesare Procaccini, under whom he became a very reput- able artist. He painted several pictures for the churches of Milan, particularly for S. Lorenzo Maggiore, S. Maria del Lantasio, and S. Vittore. He died in 1648.
SANTARELLI, Gaetaxo, painter, a noble of Pescia, was a pupil of 0. Dandini. He died young.
SANTELLI, Felice, a Roman painter of the 16th century. He painted for the church of the P. P. Spagnuoli del Riscatti Scalzi, in competition with Baglione. Lanzi mentions a signed picture by him in the church of Santa Rosa, at Viterbo.
SANTEN, Gebabd van, a Dutch painter of battle- pieces, who was much patronizfed by Prince Frederick Henry of Orange. In 1629 he was received into the Guild of St. Luke, at the Hague, and in 1650 he was still at work.
SANTERRE, Jean Baptiste, a French painter, born at Magny, near Pontoise, in 1658, was a pupil first of Franfois Lemaire, and then of Bon Boulogne. He was very careful as to his processes, making many experiments in pigments, and finally restricting himself to five, on which he could, as he thought, depend, and delaying the varnishing of his pictures for ten years. His works are few. The best are 'Susanna and the Elders,' and a female portrait, in the Louvre : a " Mary Magdalene penitent,' and a " Saint Theresa,' at Versailles. Santerre formed an academy for female students, from which he drew many of his models. His portraits and domestic subjects are carefully de- signed and harmonious in colour. Many of his works have been engraved. He died in Paris in 1717.
SANTI, ASTOXlo, a native of Rimini and a pupil of Cignani, died in 1700. The great promise shown in his early works was robbed of fruition by a premature death.
SANTI, Bartolommeo, a native of Lucca, who studied at Bologna, and practised as a scene-painter and decorator in the 18th century.
SANTI, DoMEXico, called Mesgazziko,' (Misgac- CIX".) was bom at Bologna in 1621, and was one of the ablest disciples of Agostino Metelli. He nearl3- equalled his instructor in painting perspec- tive and architectural views. The churches and palaces at Bologna, particularly S. Colombano, the Servi, and the Palazzo Ratta, possess many of his works, which are embellished with figures by Giuseppe MetelU, Gio. Antonio Burrini, and esvecially by Domenico Maria Canuti. He also painted pictures of a small size, which are frequentlv mistaken for the works of Agostino Metelli. He died in 1694.
SANTI, Giovanni, the son of a general dealer and the father of Raphael, was born at Castello di Colbordolo, in the territory of Urbino, about 1435. He himself was brought up to his father's trade, and was probably induced to study art through his acquaintance with Melozzo da Forli and Pietro della Francesca. His earliest known works are the frescoes in the church of S. Domenico, at Cagli, representing the Resurrection and a Madonna Enthroned among four Saints. In 1483 his son Raphael was born in the Contrada del Monte, Urbino, in a house purchased by Santi in 1464. In 1484 Santi painted an altar-piece for the church of Gradara, near Pesaro, representing the Virgin and Child, with Saints. In 1491 his wife. Magia Ciarla, died, leaving her son eight years old. The fresco still extant in Santi's house, a Virgin with the Sleeping Infant pressed to her bosom, is said to have been painted from his first wife and her little son Raphael. In 1492 Santi married Bemardina, the daughter of a jeweller named Piero di Parte. Giovanni Santi was one of the best Umbrian painters of his time. His style is simple and im- affected, but there is an unpleasant coldness about his colouring. His best works are considered to be a 'Madonna witii Saints,' in the church of San Francesco in Urbino ; a ' Madonna with Saints,' in the convent of Montefiorentino, near Urbino ; a ' Visitation of the Virgin,' in Santa Maria Nuovo, and a 'Madonna with Saints' in the Hospital Church of Santa Croce, the two last being both at Fano, and an ' Enthroned Madonna ' in fresco, in the Dominican Church at Cagli (dated 1492). He was a poet as well as a painter, and left a Chronicle in rhyme, still preserved in the Vatican, entitled ' Gesta gloriosa del Duca Federigo d'Urbino.' He died at Urbino in 1494. Additional works:
T^-^rlin. Gallery, Two altaj-pieces, Milan. Brera. .4n Annunciation. Rome. Zateran. An enthroned St. Jerome. Urhinn. Brotherhood of) . S. Sebojitian. Martyrdom of St. Sebastian.
Gallery. Madonna with four Sainta.
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