Carlo Cesare Giovannini (1695 in

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– 1758) was an Italian painter of the

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period. The great painter He was the son of Giacomo Giovannini, a Bolognese painter. He moved in 1723 to

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and trained with

Marcantonio Franceschini Marcantonio Franceschini (; 1648 – 24 December 1729) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mostly in his native Bologna. He was the father and teacher of Giacomo Franceschini.''The picture collector's manual'' by James R. Hob ...

. In Gaulandi's Memorie, there is a testament he gave asserting the

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...

painting in Parma was genuine.Memorie originali italiane risguardanti le belle arti
Volume 1, 1846, by Michelangelo Gualandi, M.G., page 25–29.

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