Artist: Agostino Tassi (1580 - 1644)
Nationality: Italian
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Italian painter, Agostino Tassi worked mostly out of Rome where he was a specialist in quadratura. His most famous work is the architectural background for Guernico’s fresco, Aurora located in the Casino of the Villa Ludovisi. He also painted landscapes that were influenced by Bril and Elsheimer. In 1621, Tassi was accused of raping Artemisia Gentileschi but whether or not he was convicted in trial is unknown. He was also suspected of killing his wife. Tassi greatest pupil was Claude.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), The Last Supper, after the engraving by Agostino Veneziano, 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Young Women, after an engraving by Agostino Veneziano, 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Venus and Eros, 1516
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Doric Capital, 1536
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Two Men, from the series The Hermae, 1536
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Lycaon, after Raphael, 1523
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Ionic Base, 1536
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), copy after Agostino Veneziano"s engraving St. John, after Giulio Romano, 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), copy of Agostino Veneziano"s engraving of St. Mark after Giulio Romano, 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), St. Luke, copy after the engraving by Agostino Veneziano after Giulio Romano, 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), The Academy of Baccio Bandinelli, 1531
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), St. Mark, after Giulio Romano, 1518
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), St. Matthew, after Giulio Romano, 1518
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Camillus, after Baccio Bandinelli, 1531
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Camillus, after Baccio Bandinelli, 1531
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Hercules and Antaeus, after Raphael, 1533
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), The Cumaean Sibyl, after Raphael, 1516
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), St. John, after Giulio Romano, 1518
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), copy by Master of the Die after the engraving Hercules, by Agostino Veneziano for the series The Hermae, 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), copy by Master of the Die after the engraving Young Women, by Agostino Veneziano for the series The Hermae, 1516
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), The Climbers, after Agostino Veneziano"s engraving of the drawing by Michelangelo for the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, 1524
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), copy in reverse after Agostino Veneziano"s engraving St. Mathew, after Giulio Romano, 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Archbishop Hieronymus Aleander of Brindisi, 1536
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), St. Luke, after Giulio Romano, 1518
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Christ Carrying the Cross, after Raphael, 1519
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Man With a Flag, after Raphael, early 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Man With A Laurel Branch, after Raphael, 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Apollo and Daphne after Baccio Bandinelli(?), 1518
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Venus and Vulcan Surrounded by Cupids, after Raphael, 1530
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion, after Raphael, 1528
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), The Young Hercules in his Cradle, after Giulio Romano, 1533
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), A Young Hero Near an Altar, after Raphael, 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), The Emperor Meeting the Warrior, after Raphael, 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Procession of Silenus, after Raphael or Giulio Romano, 16th century
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Agostino Carracci, Copy of the engraving by Agostino Carracci, Orpheus and Euridice, 17th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Dance of Fauns and Bacchantes after Raphael, left half, 1518
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Venus and Eros, after Giulio Romano, early 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Venus Reclining on a Dolphin, after Raphael, early 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Lo stregozzo (The sorcerer), also called The Carcass, early 16th century
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Agostino Musi (Agostino Veneziano), Lo stregozzo (The sorcerers), also called The Carcass, early 16th century

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