Pietro Faccini's brief career began when he entered the Carracci Academy in Bologna. His training with the Carracci ended in the 1590's, when he opened his own school. Faccini was the most original painter in Bologna after the Carracci. According to his biographer Malvasia, he was a productive painter known for his small-scale decorative pictures, although only a few paintings by him survive. Just one dated work is known, an early 'Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence' painted in 1590 for the Bolognese church of San Giovanni in Monte. Faccini's paintings show the influence of the Carracci, as well as Correggio, Barocci and Tintoretto. He was an accomplished and versatile draughtsman, whose drawings were greatly admired by his contemporaries. |
