Vincenzo Pagani
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Vincenzo Pagani was an Italian painter.

Born at Monterubbiano
Monterubbiano
Monterubbiano is a town and comune in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. It is located on a hill at 8 km from the Adriatic Sea.-History:...

, he apprenticed in his father's workshop, being influenced by Carlo Crivelli
Carlo Crivelli
Carlo Crivelli was an Italian Renaissance painter of conservative Late Gothic decorative sensibility, who spent his early years in the Veneto, where he absorbed influences from the Vivarini, Squarcione and Mantegna...

 (as shown by canvasses at Ortezzano
Ortezzano
Ortezzano is a comune in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about 70 km south of Ancona and about 20 km north of Ascoli Piceno...

, from c. 1510). Later he followed the path of Luca Signorelli
Luca Signorelli
Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter who was noted in particular for his ability as a draughtsman and his use of foreshortening...

, as exemplified by a canvas at Corridonia
Corridonia
Corridonia is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 40 km south of Ancona and about 8 km southeast of Macerata.Corridonia was called, until 1931, Pausula...

 from c. 1517.

In the 1520s he was influenced by the Venetian
Venetian school (art)
-Context:In the 15th century Venetian painting developed through influences from the Paduan School and Antonello da Messina, who introduced the oil painting technique of Early Netherlandish painting. It is typified by a warm colour scale and a picturesque use of colour...

 painting school, which he had known from Antonio Solario
Antonio Solario
Antonio Solario , also known as Lo Zingaro , Antonio de/da Solario etc, was an Italian painter of the Venetian school, who worked in Naples, the Marche and possibly England...

, then at Fermo
Fermo
Fermo is a town and comune of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo.Fermo is located on a hill, the Sabulo with a fine view, on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway....

, and Lorenzo Lotto
Lorenzo Lotto
Lorenzo Lotto was a Northern Italian painter draughtsman and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school. He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits...

, who was working at Recanati
Recanati
Recanati is a town and comune in the Province of Macerata, Marche region of Italy. Recanati was founded around 1150 AD from three pre-existing castles. In 1290 it proclaimed itself an independent republic and, in the 15th century, was famous for its international fair...

. From this period are the Madonna with Four Saints (at Moresco
Moresco
Moresco is a comune in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about 60 km southeast of Ancona and about 30 km northeast of Ascoli Piceno in the valley named Valdaso...

) and the altarpieces of San Ginesio
San Ginesio
San Ginesio is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 60 km southwest of Ancona and about 25 km southwest of Macerata...

 (1533–1538) and Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno is a town and comune in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is c. 51,400.-Geography:...

 (church of St. Augustine).

Pagani's last recognized work is the Pala Oddi for the church of St. Francis in Perugia
Perugia
Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....

(1553).
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