Marco Antonio Bassetti (1586–1630)[1] was anItalian painter.
He was born inVerona, and was a pupil ofFelice Ricci.[2] He then went to Venice where he was particularly influenced by the works ofTintoretto,Veronese andJacopo Bassano. He is known to have been in Rome in 1616, and may have arrived there two years earlier.[1] In Rome he came under the influence of the paintings ofCaravaggio andOrazio Borgianni.[1]
On his return toVerona he painted aSt. Peter and Saints for the church ofSan Tomaso and aCoronation of the Virgin forSant' Anastasia. He died from theplague inVerona in 1630. Among his pupils wereFra Semplice[2] andPaolo Massimo.[3]
HisDead Christ supported by the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene (c. 1616), painted onslate, is in the collection of theFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.[1]
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