Pompeo Morganti, also known as Pompeo da Fano (circa 1494 - 1568) was an Italian painter, active in the Marche.
He was born in Fano, the son of the painter Bartolomeo Morganti, also known as Bartolomeo di Matteo de' Marescalchi. Pompeo contributed a somewhat ghostly painting depicting the Apparition of the Virgin for the Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine delle Grazie in Montegridolfo.[1][2][3] Vasari mentions that he (Pompeo da Fano) was briefly the teacher of Taddeo Zuccaro,[4] while others mention his father Ottaviano. He painted a Raising Lazarus and St Michael defeats Satan, now in the museum of the Art gallery of Fano.[5]
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- ^ The canvas depicting the Virgin was restored in the 18th century. The virgin appears with billowing white robes in an awkward naturalistic style, not typical for the era.
- ^ Commune of Montegridolfo, entry on Sanctuary.
- ^ La Civiltà Cattolica, Issues 3595-3600, page 95: Review of Angelo Chiretti's book on Il Santuario della Beata Vergine delle Grazie di Montegridolfo nelle opere di Pompeo Morganti (1494ca-1568) e Jacopo Venturi (1718-1803), Rimini, 1998.
- ^ Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori ed architetti, Second volume, by Giorgio Vasari, curated by F Ranalli, in Florence, 1848, page 1315.
- ^ Gettu images, Raising Lazarus and St Michael defeating Satan.