Saturnino Gatti

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Madonna del Rosario and Donors(circa 1511), Museo Nazionale dell'Abruzzo
St Sebastian (circa 1490-1510), Museo Nazionale dell'Abruzzo

Saturnino Gatti (1463–1518) was an Italian painter and sculptor active in an early-Renaissance style.

He was born and active in L'Aquila in the Abruzzo. It has been suggested that Gatti was either a follower or pupil of Pietro Perugino. In 1477, documents suggest he was working alongside Silvestro di Giacomo da Sulmona (Silvestro dell'Aquila). In 1488, he was commissioned to paint a chapel in the church of San Domenico in L'Aquila. In 1489, he painted for the church of San Panfilo a Tornimparte. In 1490, along with Giovanni Antonio di Percossa of , with whom he had painted in the church of Abbey of the Holy Spirit at Monte Morrone, Sulmona, and in the church of Santa Caterina a Terranova di Calabria. In 1495, Gatti completes frescoes in the tribune of the church of San Panfilo a Villa Grande in Tornimparte.[1]

Works[]

  • Translation of the House of Loreto (circa 1510)[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 52 (1999), entry by Roberto Cannatà.
  2. ^ Metropolitan Museum Catalogue.
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