Felice Brusasorci (1542-1606)
• Was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period.
• Born and mainly active in Verona.
• He is also known as il Brusasorci or Brusasorzi or Felice Riccio.
• He was the son of the painter Domenico Riccio.
• Among his pupils were Alessandro Turchi, Pasquale Ottini, Santo Creara, and Marcantonio Bassetti.
• A number of Riccio's pupils died during the Plague of 1630, including Girolamo Vernigo, Bartolommeo Farfusola, Ottavo delle Comare, Girolamo Maccacaro, Paolo Zuccaro, Michelangelo Bozzoletta, and Zeno Donato.
• Commenting on the events of the plague, Bernasconi states that: Death, having deserted such beautiful hopes, spread the remaining youth, which went to neighboring cities to learn their art.
