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Agostino Facheris

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Agostino Facheris (16th-century) was an Italian painter, active in Bergamo, Italy. He was also known as il Caversegno after the contrada of Presezzo where he was born.

Biography

He was a pupil of Lorenzo Lotto and Andrea Previtali. He collaborated with the latter in completing the polyptych for the church of Santo Spirito in Bergamo. Other works include a Madonna and child with Saints (1536) for the parish church of Locatello and a polyptych (1537) for the parish church of Piazzatorre. He painted a Madonna and Saints for the church of San Bartolomeo of Bergamo; a St Sebastian and St Fabiano for the parish church of Sant'Alessandro della Croce. The panels of the Life of St Giuliano is held by the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Rome.[1]

References

  1. ^ Augustinian art[permanent dead link] entry.



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