Giovanni Giacomo Semenza (18 July 1580 – 1638) was an Italian painter of the early

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period. Born in

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and also known as ''Giacomo Sementi''. He was a pupil of the painter

Denis Calvaert Denis Calvaert (; around 154016 April 1619) was an Antwerp-born Flemish painter who spent most of his life in Italy, where he was known as Dionisio Fiammingo () or simply Il Fiammingo ("the Fleming"). Calvaert was a profound student of architectu ...

, then of

Guido Reni Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian Baroque painter, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but al ...

. Among his pupils were

Giacinto Brandi Giacinto Brandi (1621 – 19 January 1691) was an Italian painter from the Baroque era, active mainly in Rome and Naples. left, 250px, ''Christ in Gesthemane'', Pinacoteca Vaticana left, 250px, Dome of the church of San Carlo al Corso B ...

. He painted a ''Christ the Redeemer'' for the church of St. Catherine in Bologna.

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Giovanni Baglione Giovanni Baglione (; 1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. Although a prolific painter, Baglione is best remembered for his encyclopedic collection of biographies of the o ...

. p. 230. *Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins, Volume IV, Scribner and Sons (1887): page 169. 1580 births 1638 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub