Vincenzo was the father of the more famous Giacomo Giorgetti. He was a prominent citizen of Assisi, where he served as a prior in 1622.
Little is known of his work as an artist:
✴he seems to have worked with Cesare Sermei and Giorgio Giorgetti in the Chiesa Nuova in ca. 1621 (see below); and
✴he worked with Cesare Sermei on the frescoes of Chiesa del Nome di Gesù (also known as the Chiesa de' Matrigiani, now demolished -see Walk III) in 1631.
Assisi
Work in Chiesa Nuova (ca. 1621)
The decoration of the chapels of the newly built Chiesa Nuova is attributed to a team that seems to have been led by Cesare Sermei and to have included both Vincenzo and Giacomo Giorgetti.
Works here that are attributed specifically to Vincenzo Giorgetti include:
✴the frescoes of the Cappella di Sant Antonio, which comprise
•those on the walls (illustrated above), which depict two scenes of of martyrdom of groups of Franciscans:
-the beheading of seven Franciscans in Ceuta (now a Spanish enclave near Morocco) in 1227, on the left; and
-the crucifixion of 26 men (Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries and their converts) at Nagasaki, Japan in 1597, on the right;
•those in the lunettes depict:
-SS James of the Marches and Bernardino of Siena;
-SS Bonaventure and Louis of Toulouse; and
-SS James of Capistrano and Albert of Sarteano; and