ENEA SALMEGGIA

'Enea Salmeggia' (c. 1556 – 23 February, 1626) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in his native city of Bergamo.
He was also known as ''Il Talpino''. He trained with members of the Campi family, and later with members of the Procaccini family in Milan. For the church of the Passion in Milan, he painted a ''Christ’s Agony in the Garden'' and a ''Flagellation''. His ''Virgin and child with saints Roch and others'' is found in the Brera Gallery. An ''Adoration of the Magi'' (1595) was painted for Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo. He painted a ''Deposition'' for San Leonardo de’ Padri Somaschi. He also painted a ''Madonna enthroned with San Domenico and others'' for the church of Santa Marta. The parish church of San Martino in Nembro has 27 paintings by him.

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★ Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters, , Maria, Farquhar, Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006, 1855,