Antonio del Massaro da Viterbo, c. (1450-1516)

• Was an Italian painter.
• His nicknamed was il Pastura.
• The earliest mention of Il Pastura occurs in December 1478, when the artist participated in the establishment of Foundation of Art and University of San Luca dei Pittori, in Rome.
• Il Pastura certainly participated in decorating some work by Pinturicchio in the rooms of the Borgia Apartment in the Vatican.
• In Viterbo, Il Pastura painted the Presepio con i Santi Giovanni Battista e Bartolomeo.
• After that, he traveled to Orvieto, where it is documented that between 1497 and 1499 he completed the restoration of frescoes originally painted by Ugolino di Prete Ilario for the cathedral, work which had been started by Pinturicchio.
• In Orvieto Cathedral he worked on pieces that featured Biblical scenes such as the Annunciation, Visitation, Presentation to the Temple, and Flight into Egypt.
• He returned to Viterbo in 1504, and painted a piece called San Terenziano, San Rocco e San Sebastiano.
• It is conserved in the church of Santa Maria a Capranica.
• After the death of Lorenzo da Viterbo, Il Pastura became the most important Viterbese painter of the time. 
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