Borromeo and the Madonna in Glory for San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome. Documents from 1629 indicate that Turchi was paid 110 scudi for painting St. Anthony of Padua for the Farnese Palace at Caprarola. In 1632, an inventory of the Palazzo Mattei di Giove, records a Saint Marta and Maria Madalena and a Samaritan Women by Turchi. His sister married Giacinto Gimignani. In 1623, Turchi married Lucia San Giuliano. In 1637, with the sponsorship of the cardinal Francesco Barberini, he became Principe or director of the Accademia di San Luca. In 1638, he joined the papal guild of artists, called the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon. He died in Rome in 1649. Paintings (selection) References Biography, see Alessandro Turchi 1578-1649 detto l'Orbetto. External links Alessandro Turchi en Artcyclopedia Alessandro Turchi en la Enciclopedia online del Museo del Prado 1578 births 1649 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Verona Italian Baroque painters