Alessandro Bernabei (1580–1630) was an Italian painter of the late-

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period, active in his native

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. Two of his brothers were painters: his twin, Francesco, and his elder brother

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, also called Della Casa or Maccabeo.Enciclopedia metodica critico-ragionata delle belle arti
by Pietro Zani, page 235. He painted a ''Dying St Joseph'' for the church of

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16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Parma Italian Renaissance painters 1580 births 1630 deaths {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub