Ascensidonio Spacca

Ascensidonio Spacca, known as Il Fantino di Bevagna (ca. 1557 – 1646) was an Italian painter, active in a late-Mannerist style.

Madonna di Costantinopoli and Saints pray for the Town at the Museo Civico of Bevagna

Biography

He was born in Bevagna. In Bevagna, he painted a Pietà for the church of San Francesco, also painted for the church of Santi Domenico e Giacomo, and has a painting depicting the Madonna of Constantinopoli and Saints on display in the Museo Civico.

[1] He painted the altarpiece in the Bontadosi Chapel of the church of San Francesco in Montefalco.[2] He painted a Last Supper in the apse of the parish church of Gualdo Cattaneo.[3] He painted for the Cassa Ecclesiastica (1562) and the Church of Bethlem of Fuligno, and for the church of Santa Maria di Vallegloria (1575) of Spello.[4]

References
  1. Umbria: Perugia, Terni, Orvieto, il Trasimeno e i Sibillini, i luoghi di Francesco, Guide d'Italia (2004), Touring Club Italiano, page 121.
  2. Guide d'Italia, page 128.
  3. Guide d'Italia, page 147.
  4. Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte nella provincia dell'Umbria By Mariano Guardabassi, (1872) page 362.



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