Cesare Ripa | |
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_(14558887987).jpg) Portrait of Cesare Ripa in Della novissima iconologia di Cesare Ripa perugino (1624) | |
| Born | 1555 |
| Died | 22 January 1622 (aged 66–67) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Iconographer and scholar |
| Known for | Iconologia overo Descrittione dell’imagini universali cavate dall’antichità et da altri luoghi (1593) |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Prudentius, Martianus Capella, Domenico Nani Mirabelli, Francesco Colonna, Andrea Alciato, Paolo Giovio, Achille Bocchi, Pierio Valeriano Bolzani, Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Natalis Comes, Vincenzo Cartari |
| Academic work | |
| Influenced | Pietro da Cortona, Gerard de Lairesse, Willem van Mieris, Vermeer, Vondel, Artus Quellinus, Antonio Cavallucci, Winckelmann, George Richardson, Piero Buscaroli |
Cesare Ripa (c. 1555, Perugia – January 22, 1622 Rome) was an Italian iconographer who worked for Cardinal Anton Maria Salviati as a cook and butler.