[Federigo] (b Urbino, c. 1535; d Urbino, 30 Sept 1612). Italian painter. The leading altar painter in Italy in the second half of the 16th century, he enjoyed a greater popularity and exerted a more profound influence on the art of his time than any of his contemporaries. His patrons included the Pope, Emperor, King of Spain and Grand Duke of Tuscany, and among his admirers were Lodovico Cigoli, Annibale Carracci, Rubens and Guido Reni. However, his work did not begin to receive the acclaim accorded that of Tintoretto or El Greco until the mid-20th century. Several factors have obscured his importance, notably the relative inaccessibility and scarcity of his painted works, most of which were done on commission for specific locations in remote parts of Italy (where they have remained), and the type of painting he produced, which was almost exclusively devoted to religious subjects. He executed very few easel paintings. No autograph example of his painted work has ever left Europe, the portrait of Quintilia Fischieri (c. 1600; Washington, DC, N.G.A.) and pair of portraits of Federigo Ubaldo, Prince of Urbino (1606–7; Detroit, MI, Inst. A.) being the work of studio assistants.

• Barocci, Federico
  • Urbino, §2: Art life and organization
  • attributions
    • Malta, §III, 2: Middle Ages and after: Painting
  • collaboration
    • Cungi, Leonardo
    • Ligorio, Pirro, §2: Papal service
  • drawings
    • Drawing, §IV, 3: Renaissance
    • Pastel, §2: History and use
  • engravings
    • Reproduction of works of art, §2(i): 15th–17th centuries
  • etchings
    • Etching, §II, 1(ii): Origins: Italy
    • Prints, §III, 5: Technical processes: Mixed and experimental
  • methods
    • Cangianti
  • oil sketches
    • Grisaille, §2(ii): From c 1400: Other artistic aims
    • Oil sketch
  • paintings
    • ceiling
      • Rome, §III, 4(ii): Art life and organization, 1550–1600
    • religious
      • Filippo Neri
      • Guild, §3: Patronage
  • patrons and collectors
    • Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Electress Palatine (1667-1743)
      • Medici, de’: (29) Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici
    • Benavente, 8th Conde de (1575-1621)
      • Benavente: (1) 8th Conde de
    • Borghese, Scipione, Cardinal
      • Borghese: (2) Scipione Borghese
    • Carpio, Luis Méndez de Haro y Guzmán, 6th Marqués del
      • Carpio: (2) 6th Marqés del Carpio
    • Clement VIII, Pope (reg 1592-1605)
      • Aldobrandini: (1) Clement VIII
    • Crozat, Pierre
      • Crozat: (1) Pierre Crozat
    • Damery, Chevalier de
      • Damery
    • Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph
      • Dezallier d’Argenville: (1) Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d’Argenville
    • Francesco-Maria II, Duke of Urbino
      • Rovere, della (i): (5) Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
    • Guidobaldo II, 4th Duke of Urbino (reg 1538-74)
      • Rovere, della (i): (4) Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
    • Lely, Peter
      • Lely, Peter, §3: Collection
    • Medinaceli, Luís de la Cerda Fernández de Córdoba Folch de Cardona y Aragón, 9th Duque de (1660-1711)
      • Medinaceli: (1) 9th Duque de Medinaceli
    • Pius IV, Pope (reg 1559-66)
      • Pius IV, Pope
    • Watson, William F. (fl mid-19th cent.)
      • Scotland, §XIII: Collecting and dealing
  • pupils
    • Oddi, Muzio
    • Vitali, Alessandro
    • Viviani, Antonio
  • reproductive prints by others
    • Bertelli, Orazio
      • Bertelli
    • Carracci, Agostino
      • Carracci, §II: (2) Agostino Carracci
    • Cort (van Hoorn), Cornelis
      • Cort, Cornelis
    • Jode, Pieter de (ii) (1606-74)
      • Jode, de: (4) Pieter de Jode (ii)
    • Lauwers, Nicolaes
      • Lauwers: (1) Nicolaes Lauwers
    • Le Blon, Jacob Christoph
      • Le Blon, Jacob Christoph
    • Sadeler, Aegidius, II (1570-1629)
      • Sadeler: (4) Aegidius Sadeler II
    • Sadeler, Jan, I (1550-1600)
      • Sadeler: (1) Jan Sadeler I
    • Thomassin, Philippe
      • Thomassin: (1) Philippe Thomassin
    • Villamena, Francesco
      • Villamena, Francesco
  • restorations by others
    • Maratti, Carlo, §2(i)(b): Subject compositions: Mature years, 1662–c 1680
  • teachers
    • Franco, Battista