Benedetto Orsi

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Benedetto Orsi (died 1680) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.

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Biography

Orsi was born in Pescia in Tuscany. He was a pupil of Baldassare Franceschini (Il Volterrano. He painted a San Giovanni Evangelista for the Oratory of the Misericordia, situated adjacent to the parish church of Santi Stefano e Niccolao of Pescia,. He also painted some lunettes in the church of Sant Maria del Letto in Pistoia. [1]

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References

  1. Cenni biografici dei personaggi illustri della città di Pescia e suoi dintorni, by Giuseppe Ansaldi, (1872), pages 329-330.