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ARETUSI— ASSISI. 11 works of Correggio with complete suc- cess. Some of these copies have passed as originals. He re-painted the frescoes of Correggio for the new Trihune of the cathedral of Parma, in 1587. Malvasia states that the car- toons from which he worked, and which are still preserved at Capo di Monte, at Naples, were made from the originals by Annibal and Agostino Carracci. Are- tasi wanted the creative power; in technical qualities he was excellent; he was a good copyist, and his colour- ing has much affinity with that of the Venetian painters. Works. Bologna, Cupola of the ca- thedral of San Pietro, assisted hy Gio Battista Fiorini : Parma, church of San. Giovanni, Copy of the " Notte" of Cor- reggio. ( Malvasia, ) ARETUSI. [MUNABI.] ABMANI, Pier Martire, h, at Beggio, in the Modenese, 1613, d. 1669. Lomhard School. He was the scholar of Lionello Spada, with whom he painted in Santa Maria, at Beggio. (liraboschi.) ABZERE, Stefano dell', lived ahout 1560, at Padua. He is esteemed by Bidolfi for his frescoes. He painted much in the churches and convents at Padua : he was an imitator of Titian, but with varied success. Paduan School. Works. Padua, church of San Gio- vanni di Yerzara, Christ on the Cross : public Hbrary at Padua, the Hall of the Giants. (EiHolfi.) ASCANI, Pelleobiivo, a native of Carpi, and a good flower-painter of the 17th century. Lombard SchooL (2^ raboschi.) ASCIANO, Giovanni d', painted about 1370. Sienese School. A pupil of Bema da Siena. He completed a series of frescoes left unfinished by his master in the parish church of Aiezzo' San Gemignano. The colour- ing of Asciano is superior to that of Bema. {Lanzi.) ASCIONE, Angelo, a Neapolitan fruit-painter of the latter part of the 17th century. The pupil of Gio Bat- tista Buopoli. {Dominici.) ASPERTINI, Amico, or Maestro Amico, b. at Bologna, in 1474, d. 1552. Bolognese School. He was of an ec- centric and whimsical disposition. A strange account of his habits and appear- ance is given by Yasari. His works are characteristic of the qualities of his mind. He studied, according to Malvasia, in the School of Francia, but his works show a mixture of all styles. He ridiculed imitators. He was a good animal-painter. He was sometimes called Amico da due penellij because he painted with both hands, and also because he produced two qualities of works, — the one excellent, and the other excessively negligent. Few of his works remain. At Bo- logna, in the Palazzo della Yiola, is a fresco of Diana and Endymion : others in the churches of San Petronio, St. Cecilia, and San Martino ; in San Fre- diano, in Lucca; and there is a Nativity, in the Berlin Gallery. {Malvasia.) ASPERTINI, GuiDO, b. about 1460, painted in 1491. Bolognese School. His only remaining picture, according to Giordani, is the Adoration of the Magi, in the Academy of Bologna. He is said to have been the pupil of Ercole da Ferrara, and of his younger brother Amico. (Malvasia.) I ASSERETO, GiovAccHiNO, 6. at Genoa, 1600, d. 1649. Genoese School. Studied under Borzone and Ansaldo. Several of his works are in the churches and convents of Genoa. {Soprani.) ASSISI, Andrea di, called L'ln- gegno. Umbrian School. He was contemporary with Pietro Perugino, and is said to have been a scholar of Niccolo Alunno. His only known work is a Coat-of-Arms, painted for the town house of Assisi, in 1484. There is a picture in the gallery of Berlin, and a