in Siena. As in the church of Santa Trinità, he worked here alongside the painter Alessandro Casolari. This period saw a proliferation of new assignments: three paintings for the church San Lorenzo in San Pietro in Montalcino, the "Donation of the Keys" (1599), the "Glorification of the Eucharist" (1600), and the "Crucifixion" (1604). At the same time he was painting the "Vision of Gregory the Great" and the "Punishment of David" in the Basilica of San Pietro in Perugia. The papal legate, cardinal Bonifazio Bevilacqua (1571–1627), who had commissioned these paintings, was so pleased that he invested Ventura Salimbeni with the Order of the Golden Spur, a very selective papal order. He was even authorized from now on to name himself Cavalieri Bevilacqua. He painted the canvas of the Ascension of the Virgin (1607) for San Frediano, Pisa. In 1612 he painted the "Life of Saint Galganus" for the Church of the Santuccio in Siena with the hermit saint set in a wooded landscape. His last work of art was the oil painting the "Marriage of the Virgin" for the Seminario Diocesano in Foligno in 1613. He was influenced by Federico Barocci, Domenico Beccafumi, and by the rich and harmonious palette of Lodovico Cigoli. Among his pupils was Alessandro Casolani. In the period between 1589 and 1594 he also made in Rome some etchings, of which seven survive. They are among the finest Italian prints of the period. The earliest dated, and the largest, is the Baptism of Christ of 1589, which he produced in collaboration with the more experienced Ambrogio Brambilla. Anthology of worksSt. Agnes (1590, etching, De Young Museum, San Francisco, California) The Annunciation (1594, drawing, De Young Museum)Marriage of the Virgin (1590 De Young Museum) Two Studies of a Female (De Young Museum)Figure Studies of a Man and a Seated Woman (De Young Museum) Studies of a Male Figure with a Sword (De Young Museum) Madonna and Child (De Young Museum) Figure Studies of a Man and a Standing Woman (De Young Museum)Joachim and Anna (1590, etching, De Young Museum)The Annunciation (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest)Death of St Claire with Pope Innocent IV's blessing, drawing Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK Christ on the Cross with Virgin, Magdalen, & Saint John (Courtauld Institute of Art, London)Two studies of the head of a woman, and sketch of a foot (Courtauld Institute of Art, London) Youth kneeling holding a vase (Courtauld