Camillo Rizzi (or Ricci) (1590–1626)Treccani
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Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

period, active mainly in

Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...

. He was a pupil of the painter Ippolito Scarsella. Born at

, he was mainly active producing altarpieces for the churches of

including a ''S. Vincenzo'' and ''Santa Margherita'' for the cathedral ; an ''Annunciation'' for the church of Spirito Santo ; and his ceiling in the church of S. Niccolo, representing in eighty-four compartments, the ''Life and miracles of San Niccolo''. Ricci died at

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* 1590 births 1626 deaths Painters from Ferrara Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub