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ABATI,, called also Niccolo deir Abate, and Nic. da Modena : b. at Modena about 1509-12, d. at Paris, 1571. Lombard School. He was the scholar of Begarelli the sculptor, and is supposed to have studied also with Gorreggio. He painted chiefly in fresco, and left many extensive works at Mo- dena, at Bologna, and at Fontainebleau, whither he accompanied Primaticcio in 1552. In a note by Mariette to Orlandi, it is asserted that Bellini was the family name of Niccolo, and that he was in France with Primaticcio in 1533. Mundler suggests that his correct de- signation is Niccolo Bellini di Abb^ or deU' Abate, from the territory in which his father was born near Beggio. Nic- colo is recommended by the Garracci in their "Sonnet" as the one perfect model to be followed, ^*8i ponga solo ropere ad imitare" <fec. ;' his own great model was Baphael, whose style he successfully imitated.

There are records also of the follow- ing painters of the family of Niccolo : — Giovanni Abati, or di Abba, his father, d. 1559; Pietbo Paolo, his brother, painted battle pieces, d. 1555 ; GiuiJO Gamtllo, his son, living 1570 ; Ebcole, son of Giulio, 6. 1563, d. 1613 — ^frescoes in the council hall at Modena; and Pietro Paolo, the younger son of Ercole, b. 1592, d. 1630.

Works. Frescoes — Modena, Ducal Gallery, series from the ^neid ; Palazzo Gomunale. Bologna, Leoni Palace, Nativity: Via di San Mamolo, symbolic subject. Gil pictures — Dresden Gallery, Martyrdom of St. Peter and St Paul. London, Sutherland Gallery, Bape of Proserpine: Gastle Howard, Ulysses returned to Penelope. {Vedriani, Tiraboschi, Mundler,)

ABATINI,, b. at Gittli di Gastello, 1600, d. at Borne, 1656. He studied in the school of the Gavaliere d'Arpino, he afterwards imi- tated Pietro da Gortona, and became a good fresco painter. He also worked in mosaic. Boman School.

Works. Bome, Sta. Maria della Yittoria, ceiling of the chapel of Sta. Teresa. {Baglione Passeri.)

ABBIATI,, b, at Milan,1640, where he died in 1715. He studied under Garlo Francesco Nuvoloni, and painted in oil and fresco. His works are on a large scale, such as atSaronno, St. John preaching in the Wilderness. He belongs to the class of Machinists, Milanese School. {Lanzi.)

ADDA, d*, b, at Milan about 1520, d. 1550. Imitated