Agostino Ciampelli e il culto dei martiri nella Roma post-tridentina
Among the Florentine artists working in the Papal City around the turn of the seventeenth century, Agostino Ciampelli (1565-1630) held a prominent position, contributing to the numerous projects of the time a painting that stood out for its style, content and narrative clarity. Apart from his Florentine training with Santi di Tito, Ciampelli’s success in post-Tridentine Rome was also guaranteed by his principal protector, Cardinal Alessandro de’ Medici (later Pope Leo XI); as part of the Oratorian circle, the prelate was a friend of Filippo Neri and close to Cardinal Cesare Baronio.