Luzio Luzi
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Luzio Luzi (sometimes Luzzi or Luci), also known as Luzio Luzi da Todi and Luzio Romano (died late 16th century), was an Italian painter, stuccoist, and draftsman of the High Renaissance era favoring the Mannerist style.Falabella, S.[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/luzi-luzio-detto-luzio-romano_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ "Luzi, Luzio, detto Luzio Romano"], In Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 66 (2007), Treccani Instituto (in Italian).
Biography
Luzi was born in Todi, and started his painting career as an assistant to Perino del Vaga. He was mentioned by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects as one of Perino del Vaga's most important assistants, specializing in grotteschi and stucchi. He worked with del Vaga in Castel San Angelo, Rome, and in Palazzo Doria, Genoa. In 1545–1547, both del Vaga and Luzi were listed as master painters with a number of assistants.[https://books.google.com/books?id=W7EadYT-LTUC&dq=%22Luzio%20Luzi%22&pg=PA349 Distance Points: Essays in Theory and Renaissance Art and Architecture] by James S. Ackerman.
When Perino died on 19 October 1547, Luzi began collaborating with another Tuscan painter, Daniele da Volterra, assisting him in the Vatican.[https://books.google.com/books?id=B8leDMJ0-iQC&dq=%22Luzio%20Luzi%22&pg=PA1363 The Papacy: Quietism-Zouaves, Pontifical] by Philippe Levillain
Gallery
Castel Sant'Angelo Rome 20140808 2421.jpg|Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome
Castel Sant'Angelo library 02.jpg|Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome
Design for a Grotesque Decoration MET sf-rlc-1975-1-334.jpeg|Design for a grotesque decoration, The MET
Design for Candlestick or for a Crucifix Base MET DP811054.jpg|Design for a candlestick, The MET
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Category:16th-century Italian painters
Category:Italian male painters
Category:Italian Renaissance painters
Category:Italian Mannerist painters
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