Michelangelo Cerruti
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Michelangelo Cerruti was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period, active mainly in Rome.
At a young age, he was a pupil of Giuseppe Passeri
in Rome and afterwards lived for a decade in northern Italy, especially in Turin
. After returning to Rome he worked with Andrea Pozzo
, and became an expert fresco artist. His painterly decorations cover vaults in many Roman churches, including Santa Anastasia
and San Macuto
. His name is sometimes spelled Cerrutti.
Italy
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painter of the Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period, active mainly in Rome.
At a young age, he was a pupil of Giuseppe Passeri
Giuseppe Passeri
Giuseppe Passeri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native city of Rome.Born the nephew of the painter Giovanni Battista Passeri, Giuseppe trained in the studio of Carlo Maratta. Among the paintings by Giuseppe is St...
in Rome and afterwards lived for a decade in northern Italy, especially in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
. After returning to Rome he worked with Andrea Pozzo
Andrea Pozzo
Andrea Pozzo was an Italian Jesuit Brother, Baroque painter and architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician. He was best known for his grandiose frescoes using illusionistic technique called quadratura, in which architecture and fancy are intermixed...
, and became an expert fresco artist. His painterly decorations cover vaults in many Roman churches, including Santa Anastasia
Santa Anastasia
Santa Anastasia is a basilica church in Rome, Italy.Santa Anastasia was built in the late 3rd century - early 4th century, possibly by a Roman woman named Anastasia. The church is listed under the titulus Anastasiae in the acts of the 499 synod...
and San Macuto
Church of San Macuto
The church of San Macuto is a church on piazza di San Macuto in the Colonna rione of Rome, next to the Jesuit Collegio San Roberto Bellarmino in the Palazzo Gabrielli-Borromeo. It is the only church in Italy dedicated to the Breton saint Malo.-Architecture:...
. His name is sometimes spelled Cerrutti.