1610 in Italy
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An incomplete series of events, births and deaths which happened in Italy in 1610:
- 10 April - Treaty of BrussolTreaty of BrussolThe Treaty of Brussol was signed on 10 April 1610 in Bruzolo between Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and Henry IV of France. Based on the terms of the accord, both signatories agreed to combine their forces in order to remove the Spanish from Italy...
Births
- Ercole FerrataErcole FerrataErcole Ferrata was an Italian sculptor of the Roman Baroque.-Biography:A native of Pellio Inferiore, near Como, Ferrata initially apprenticed with Alessandro Algardi, and became one of his prime assistants...
- Stefano della BellaStefano della BellaStefano della Bella was an Italian draughtsman and printmaker known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and lively genre scenes...
- Giovanni Francesco
- Anton Francesco LuciniAnton Francesco LuciniAnton Francesco Lucini was an Italian engraver and printmaker, best known for his etchings of the work Dell'Arcano del Mare by Sir Robert Dudley....
- Pietro del PoPietro del PoPietro del Po was an Italian painter of the Baroque.He was born in Palermo, and studied under Domenichino at Naples. He painted for the churches at Palermo, and afterwards visited Rome, where among other works, he painted a picture of St. Leo, for La Madonna di Costantinopoli. He was more...
- Francesco LauriFrancesco LauriFrancesco Lauri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome.He was the oldest son of a Flemish painter of landscapes and pupil of Paul Bril, Bathazar Lauwers , who emigrated from Antwerp to Milan, then Rome. Francesco's younger brother Fillipo Lauri was also a painter and...
- Domenico de BenedettisDomenico de BenedettisDomenico de Benedettis was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Piedimonte d'Alise. He was sent when young to Naples, where he apprenticed with Fabrizio Santafede, and afterward in Rome, worked under Guido Reni...
- Adriano PalladinoAdriano PalladinoAdriano Palladino was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born and active in Cortona, although he was a pupil of Pietro da Cortona in Rome.-References:...
- Eustachio DiviniEustachio DiviniEustachio Divini was an Italian manufacturer and experimenter of optical instruments for scientific use in Rome.-The origins:Eustachio was born on 4 October 1610 in San Severino Marche, from the illustrious Divini's family...
- Giulio Quaglio (painter)Giulio Quaglio (painter)Giulio Quaglio the elder was an Italian painter of frescoes.He was a follower of Tintoretto. He is known to have worked in Vienna, Salzburg, and Ljubljana. His son, Giulio the younger, was born in Como and established himself in the Friuli about the end of the 17th century. He is best known for...
Deaths
- CaravaggioCaravaggioMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
- Paolo VirchiPaolo VirchiPaolo Virchi was an Italian composer and instrumentalist. He was born in Brescia, and his father was Girolamo Virchi, an instrument maker. He joined the court of Alfonso II d'Este between 1579 and 1580. On the court rolls he is referred to as a singer, but in his publications he refers to himself...
- Francesco VanniFrancesco VanniFrancesco Vanni was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style, active in Rome and his native city of Siena.-Biography:He was half-brother of the painter Ventura Salimbeni, and the stepson of Arcangelo Salimbeni, another Sienese painter. His stepfather died when Francesco was young, and as a 16...
- Francesco CuriaFrancesco CuriaFrancesco Curia was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his hometown of Naples. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo. Among his pupils were Fabrizio Santafede and Ippolito Borghese....
- Ascanio VitozziAscanio VitozziAscanio Vitozzi was an Italian soldier, architect and military engineer....
- Giovanni Battista CremoniniGiovanni Battista CremoniniGiovanni Battista Cremonini was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. Born in Cento, but mostly active in Bologna. Active in fresco decoration of houses, he was aided by his cousin, Bartolommeo Ramenghi. One of his pupils was Odoardo Fialetti.-References:*...