Andrea Sacchi was born in Nettuno. From 1621 he worked chiefly in Rome, and is recorded as living there in 1624 with his father, Benedetto, also a painter. In Rome his major patron was Cardinal Antonio Barberini. In the late 1630s he travelled in Northern Italy. In 1640 he visited Paris, but this was not a success. He died in Rome.
Andrea Sacchi
1599/1600 - 1661
Paintings by Andrea Sacchi
Holding a book that seems to thrust forward out of the picture plane is Saint Anthony Abbot, identified by the tau- (T-) shaped walking stick he used in later life. He also wears a black habit, which his followers, the Antonine monks, later adopted. Next to him, slightly set back, is Saint Franci...
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