Federico Barocci

Federico Barocci (c. 1526, Urbino – 1612, Urbino) was an Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker. His original name was Federico Fiori, and he was nicknamed Il Baroccio, which still in northwestern Italian dialects means a two wheel cart drawn by oxen. His work was highly esteemed and influential, and foreshadows the Baroque of Rubens.

Read more about Federico Barocci:  Early Life and Training, Mature Work in Rome and Urbino, Critical Assessment and Legacy, Partial Anthology of Works