Cesare Sermei

Cesare Sermei (Città della Pieve, c. 1581 – Assisi, 1668) was an Italian painter.

Son of painter Fernando Sermei, he learned to paint in the workshop of Cesare Nebbia, primarily moving between Orvieto and Rome.

His career was long and he worked not only in Assisi but all over Umbria, including in the cities of Todi, Perugia, Bastia Umbra, Foligno, and Terni.

[4] Sermei's pictorial language is expressive and direct; his works are clear, immediate, and easy to understand.

His style was influenced by the Late Mannerist painters, especially Giovanni Baglione but also Cavalier d’Arpino.

Pietà with Saints Francis and Philip Neri by Cesare Sermei (1630-50), fragment of a fresco in the Sacro Convento , Assisi
Birth of Saint John the Baptist by Cesare Sermei, in the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels, Assisi