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NOVELLI— OGGIONK. 113 uid in the Abbey of San Martino. In the Galleiy of Naples, there are three pictures by Novelli, — St. Paul; the Virgin and the Trinity; and Judith. He was also an architect and an en- graver. ( GaU».) NUVOLONE, Carlo Francesco, 6. 1608, d. 1651. Lombard School. The son of Fanfilo Nuvolone, his first in- structor; but he followed Giulio Gesare Proeaccini, and Guido Reni. His imi- tation of the works of the latter acquired him the appellation of the Lombard Guido. He painted history and por- traits. The public buildings of Parma, Cremona, and Piacenza still possess many of his works. The Purification of the Virgin, in San Vincenzo, at Piacenza, is one of his best ; another is the Miracle of St Peter, at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, in San Vittore, at Milan. His heads of the Madonnas were much sought after in his time, although they are feeble and mannered, and of that spurious grace which has injui'ed so many of the later works of Guido. His brother, Giuseppe Nuvolone, followed more decidedly the manner of the Proeaccini; he painted in a bold manner, with strong light and shade. His master-piece is the Besuscitaiion of a dead man at Bome, by San Dome- nico, in the church of that Saint at Cremona. Giuseppe died in 1703, aged 84. Both brothers were called Panfilo, after their father. NUZIO. [Alegretto DA Fabriano.] NUZZI, Mario, called Mario dai FiORi, h. at Penna, 1603, d. at Bome, 1673. Boman School. Pupil of his uncle, Tommaso Salini; he resided chiefly in Bome, where his bird, fruit, and flower-pieces were much admired and sought after; but from some defect in the colouring, or his method of painting, many of his pictures have faded and darkened so much as to lose their value. {P<ucoU,) OBEBTO, Francesco di, painted in Genoa, in 1368. In San Domenico, at Genoa, is stiU the Madonna, between two Angels, by this otherwise unknown painter, inscribed Franciacus de Oherto, It is the eai'liest picture extant in Genoa; and, says Lanzi, shows no traces of the school of Giotto. ODAZZI, or ODASI, Car. Giovanni, h. at Bome, 1663, d, June 6, 1731. Boman School. He studied under Ciro Ferri, and under Gio. Battista Gaulli, and, through the patronage of Bene- dict XIII., became one of the principal fresco-painters of his time; but, not- withstanding his great facility, industry, and success, belongs only to the infe- rior MachinuUs, He etched also a few plates. Works, Bome, San Giovanni Late- rano, the Prophet Hosea; and other works: Santi Apostoli, the Fall of Lucifer: Santa Maria degli Angeli, San Bruno. Velletri, the cupola of the cathedral. (Pascoli.) OGGIONE, or UGGIONE, Marco j}A, b. about 1470, d. 1530. Lombard School. The scholar of Leonardo da Vinci, and one of the best of the Mi- lanese painters, but he was far from approaching the power of Leonardo, nor did he equal the grace and tender- ness of Luini. His frescoes of Santa Maria della Pace, in Milan, praised by Lanzi, were removed from the wall by Barezzi, and are now in the Brera Gallery. They are unimportant; his easel pictures, of which the Brera con- tains seven, are superior; they have the calm dignity and the mild expres- sion characteristic of the school. The Archangel Michael, with two other An- gels, combating Lucifer, is considered the best^f his works in this collection. Marco D'Oggione is best known for his copy, in oil, of the Last Supper, of Leonardo da Vinci, now in the Boyal Academy of London. It was painted aboat 1510, for the refectory of the