Sisto Badalocchio

Sisto Badalocchio
Born	(1585-06-28)28 June 1585 Parma
Died	1647 (aged 61–62) Parma
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting and Engraving
Movement	Baroque

The Entombment of Christ, Galleria Borghese, 1610.

Sisto Badalocchio Rosa (28 June 1585 - c. 1647) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School.

Born in Parma, he worked first under Agostino Carracci in Bologna, then Annibale Carracci, in Rome. He worked with Annibale till 1609, then moving back to Parma. His best known work as an engraver was the Raphael's Bible series, which he created together with his fellow student, Giovanni Lanfranco. The images depict a series of frescoes by Raphael's workshop in the Vatican loggia. As a painter, his most important work is the frescoes the church of San Giovanni Evangelista, Reggio Emilia, which are based on Caravaggio's earliers works. He executed the decoration of the cupula and pendentives of the church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Reggio.

Though he often cooperated in fresco painting with Lanfranco, for example in Annibale designed series the San Diego Chapel in San Giacomo degli Spagnoli (1602–1607) and in Palazzo Costaguti (Nessus and Deianeira), Badalocchio never received the same recognition as his peer. Nevertheless, he is recognized today as an important figure in bring the artistic styles of the Italian Baroque to northern Italy.

Gallery

• Sisto Badalocchio - The Dead Christ - WGA01139.jpg

  Dead Christ

• Sisto Badalocchio - The Holy Family - WGA01141.jpg

  Holy Family

• Sisto Badalocchio - Susanna and the Elders - WGA01142.jpg

  Susanna and the Elders

• Virgin and Child between St Benedict and St Quentin-Sisto Badalocchio-MBA Lyon A73-IMG 0344.jpg

  Virgin and Child between St Benedict and St Quentin

• Tancredi Clorinda 17th century Italian.jpg

  Tancred and Clorinda