Paolo Piazza, the secular name of the Franciscan priest Padre Cosmo da Castelfranco or Fra Cosimo Piazza, (1557-1621) was an Italian painter active in North-Central Italy.
He was born in Castelfranco in the Veneto. He joined the order of Capuchin monks. He painted for the Casino Eucherio Sanvitale of Parma, until requisitioned by Scipione Borghese to go to Rome in 1611.[1] He painted for the Palazzo Borghese in Rome.[2] He painted for the church of Sant'Antonio (1608) in Narni and the church of San Martino (1610) in Terni.[3]
He is said to have studied under Palma the Younger, traveled to Germany to work under Rudolf II. After working for Pope Paul V, he returned to Venice to work for the Doge Antonio Priuli, he died in Venice and was buried at the Church of il Redentore.[4]
References
edit- ^ Guido III Rangoni: gusto e committenza nella Parma farnesiana del Seicento, by Giorgia Padovani, page 22.
- ^ Dizionario delle date, dei fatti, luoghi ed uomini storici, Volume 4, collated by A-L D'Harmonville (1845), page 708.
- ^ Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte nella provincia dell'Umbria By Mariano Guardabassi, (1872) page 366.
- ^ Abecedario pittorico dei professori piu illustri in pittura, scultura, e architettura, by Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi, page 375-376.
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