Lucio Massari (22 January 1569 – 3 November 1633) was an Italian painter of theSchool of Bologna. He can be described as painting during bothMannerist and early-Baroque periods.

Lucio Massari
The Holy Family
Born	22 January 1569 Bologna
Died	3 November 1633(1633-11-03) (aged 64)
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Mannerism andBaroque

He was born in Bologna, where he initially apprenticed with an unknown painter by the name of Spinelli, then theMannerist painterBartolomeo Passarotti, but also worked withBartolomeo Cesi. In 1592, he joined theCarracci studio or theAcademy of the Incamminati, and remained attached toLudovico Carracci for many years. In 1604, he worked with Ludovico to frescoStories of San Mauro, San Benedetto and others in the cloister ofSan Michele in Bosco. In 1607, he collaborated withLionello Spada andFrancesco Brizio in frescoes for the Palazzo Bonfioli, in Bologna. In 1610, he visited Rome, remaining under the patronage of Cardinal Facchinetti, and befriendedDomenichino. In 1612, he completed the frescoes left unfinished byBernardino Poccetti in a chapel of theCertosa di Galluzzo, nearFlorence. He painted the main altarpiece for the church of Santa Maria in Guadi inSan Giovanni in Persiceto.

He returned to Bologna in 1614, and soon traveled withFrancesco Albani to work inMantua. He is said to have spent so much time in hunting, fishing, and the delights of the countryside, that he neglected painting, though his biography shows him to be exceedingly prolific in altarpieces. Among his pupils wereSebastiano Brunetti,Antonio Randa, andFra Bonaventura Bisi.

His sonBartolomeo Massari became a noted anatomist.

•   Media related toLucio Massari at Wikimedia Commons
• Blood of the Redeemer at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Marchese Antonio Bolognini Amorini (1841–1843).Vite dei Pittori ed Artifici Bolognesi (two volumes). Tipi Governativi alla Volpe ed Nobili; Original from Oxford Library, digitized June 26, 2006. pp. 102–106 (Parte Quinta).