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Ascensidonio Spacca, known as Il Fantino di Bevagna (ca. 1557 – 1646) was an Italian painter, active in a late-Mannerist style.

Biography

He was born in Bevagna. In Bevagna, he painted a Pietà for the church of San Francesco, also painted for the church of Santi Domenico e Giacomo, and has a painting depicting the Madonna of Constantinopoli and Saints on display in the Museo Civico.

He painted the altarpiece in the Bontadosi Chapel of the church of San Francesco in Montefalco. He painted a Last Supper in the apse of the parish church of Gualdo Cattaneo. He painted for the Cassa Ecclesiastica (1562) and the Church of Bethlem of Fuligno, and for the church of Santa Maria di Vallegloria (1575) of Spello.

References

1. Umbria: Perugia, Terni, Orvieto, il Trasimeno e i Sibillini, i luoghi di Francesco, Guide d'Italia (2004), Touring Club Italiano, page 121.
2. Guide d'Italia, page 128.
3. Guide d'Italia, page 147.
4. Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte nella provincia dell'Umbria By Mariano Guardabassi, (1872) page 362.

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