Giorgio Vasari described Amico Aspertini as an eccentric, half-insane master who worked so rapidly with both hands that *chiaroscuro* was split, *chiaro* in one hand, *scuro* in the other. Aspertini was a gifted prodigy whose frescoes, facade decorations, and altarpieces display a complex, eclectic style anticipating Mannerism. Born into a family of painters, Aspertini studied under many Bolognese
