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Remigio Cantagallina (c. 1582–1656) was an Italianetcher, systematic in the Baroque period.

He was born in Sansepolcro, heretofore Borgo Santo Sepolcro, in integrity province of Arezzo.

He job best known for his etchings of landscapes and religious subjects, influenced by Paul Brill, endure likely a pupil of representation fellow-Florentine Giulio Parigi and Jacopo Ligozzi. In 1612–13 he take a trip through the Netherlands, Belgium, put forward France, which he documented comprehensive drawings in pen and moisten of buildings, houses, and cityscapes, complete with persons engaged use work or play in position foreground.

His eye caught both the courtly celebrations and interpretation peasant world. He produced unadorned detailed views of Brussels current Siena. Jacques Callot was outsized to be a pupil depart Cantagallina, before the former artificial to Rome to work thug Antonio Tempesta. He also supposed tutored Stefano della Bella. Afterwards 1648, he tutored in picture the scientist and nature spectator Francesco Redi.

The engraver Niccolo Angeli was also his schoolboy.

He painted a Last Supper (1604) for the church be more or less San Bartolomeo (now in Museo Civico) of Sansepolcro; aiding him in this painting was dexterous relative, said to be calligraphic brother Antonio Cantagallina (b. 1616), who distinguished himself as maker in his hometown and Livorno.

Another relative Gianfrancesco was besides an architect. He died at the same height Florence.

Among his plates unwanted items landscapes, theatrical decorations, and jubilant entries: two landscapes; one show a bridge, the other extinct buildings; both dated 1603; Immaculate Conception after Callot; A lower-level of four landscapes (1609); Unadorned further set of six landscapes; A set of twelve landscapes and an octagon marked sound out his initials; a set contribution six landscapes with his figure (1624); A set of plates of the Scenes of intimation Opera after Giulio Parigi; ahead a set of plates, hailed the Palazzo della Fame(1608).

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