Filippo Brizzi or Briccio or Brizio (1603–1675) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

, the son of painter and engraver,

Francesco Brizzi Francesco Brizio (1574–1623) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School, active in the early- Baroque. It appears Cesare Malvasia confused him with ''il Nosadella'' or Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, who lived and was active only ...

. Filippo became a pupil of

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

. He painted for the church of San Silvestre at

and also an altar-piece representing ''Virgin Mary with St. John the Baptist and St. Silvester'' and ''St. Giuliano crowned by Angels'' for the church of San Giuliano.

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* 1603 births 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters 1675 deaths {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub