Cristoforo Serra
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Cristoforo Serra (1600–1689) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
period, active in
Cesena Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...
. Born in
Cesena Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...
, Serra is exceptional in that painting was not his full-time vocation, yet he was prolific. He was a militia captain in the
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troops and only painted "for own enjoyment". He stayed in Rome in 1623, where he was exposed to the works of
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and his followers. His paintings can be seen in the Pinacoteca of Cesena, and the art gallery of the Foundation of Cesena Saving Bank. The painter Cristoforo Savolini was one of his pupils. He painted a ''Last Supper'' in the convent of the Capuchins and a ''Lucrezia'' in the art gallery of the Foundation of Cesena Saving Bank.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Serra, Cristoforo 1600 births 1689 deaths Artists from the Papal States People from Cesena 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters