Andrea Polinori

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Andrea Polinori (1586 – 1648) was an Italian painter active in a Baroque-style mainly in his native city of Todi in Umbria.

Biography

He was born in Todi.Arte Antica e Moderna - Issues 13-16 (1961) Page 302. He spent a formative period circa 1615 in Rome. He is described as leading an intemperate life. His brother, Giovanni Antonio Polinori, was also a painter.[http://www.keytoumbria.com/Todi/Polinori_Andrea.html Key to Umbria], short biography. In Todi, he painted for the churches of San Francesco (1535, 1642), San Fortunato, San Silvestro, San Giuseppe dei Falegnami, Nunziatina, and Santa Margherita (1642).[https://books.google.com/books?id=8Yzlyb1oMwMC Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte nella provincia dell'Umbria] By Mariano Guardabassi, (1872) page 366.

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