Virgilio Nucci (1545-1620) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerism period.
Biography He was born in Gubbio. He was son of Benedetto NucciVirgilio may be Benedetto’s brother according to Luigi Lanzi. Virgilio like his brother trained also in Rome with Daniele da Volterra.Memorie e guida storica di Gubbio, by Oderigi Lucarelli, Stab. Tipografia Literaria S. Lapi, (1888), Citta di Castello, page 446-447. The painter Felice Damiani left some of his painting supplies to Virgilio.
Most of his works are in Gubbio, including the Cathedral (1596), church of Sant'Agostino, and the Pinacoteca.Key to Umbria. He also painted for the church of Madonna dell'Olivo (1589) near Passignano.Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte nella provincia dell'Umbria By Mariano Guardabassi, (1872) page 365.
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