Francesco Brizio (1574–1623) was an Italian painter and engraver of the

Bolognese School The Bolognese School of painting, also known as the ''School of Bologna'', flourished between the 16th and 17th centuries in Bologna, which rivalled Florence and Rome as the center of painting in Italy. Its most important representatives i ...

, active in the early- Baroque. It appears Cesare Malvasia confused him with ''il Nosadella'' or Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, who lived and was active only in the 16th century. Brizio 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 ...

. He was initially a pupil of

Bartolommeo Passarotti Bartolomeo Passarotti or Passerotti (1529–1592) was an Italian painter of the mannerist period, who worked mainly in his native Bologna. His family name is also spelled Passerotti or Passarotto. Life and work From approximately 1550 to 1555, ...

, but then became a pupil under Agostino and Ludovico Carracci. He helped paint, along with Lucio Massari and

Leonello Spada Leonello Spada (also called ''Lionello Spada'') (1576 – 17 May 1622) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome and his native city of Bologna, where he became known as one of the followers of Caravaggio. Biography He f ...

, stories of Torquato Tasso's epic in the loggias of the

Palazzo Bentivoglio Palazzo Bentivoglio may refer to: * Palazzo Bentivoglio, Bologna The original Palazzo Bentivoglio was a palace in Bologna, destroyed by the mob in 1507. A second palace by the same name was built nearby, and is still standing. History The palace ...

. He also frescoed a ceiling for the signori Conti Boschetti in

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

and in the Oratorio della SS Trinità in Pieve di

Cento The Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), also known as the Baghdad Pact and subsequently known as the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), was a military alliance of the Cold War. It was formed in 24 February 1955 by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Tur ...

. In

, he painted a ''Coronation of the Madonna del Borgo'' for the church of San Petronio. He also frescoed in the cloister of San Michele in Bosco. His son 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 ...

. Another pupil was Domenico Ambrogi. In engraving he was instructed by

Agostino Carracci Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher. He was, together with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci, one of the founders ...

, and he is said to have forwarded some of the plates of that master. He died at

. Among his works as an engraver: *''A large Landscape'' from his own design. *''St. Roch'' after Parmigianino. *''The flight to Egypt'' after Ludovico Carracci. *''The Holy Family'' after Correggio. *''Portrait of Cinthio Aldobrandini''; after Ludovico Carracci. *''A Frontispiece; inscribed Explicatione del sacro lenzuolo''; (1599) after the same. *''Another Frontispiece; inscribed Tempio al Cardinale Cinthio Aldobrandini'' (1579) after the same, *''Another Frontispiece, with the Arms of Duke of Modena, and in the middle some Children; the Virgin Mary in the Clouds''; after the same. *''The Virgin Mary crowned, with the Infant Jesus'', after same. (1594) *''St. Francis kneeling, holding the Infant Jesus, and the two Angels''. *''The great St. Jerome''; left incomplete by

. *''Christ and the Samaritan'' (1610) and ''A Blind Man led by a Dog'' after

Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of t ...

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