Francesco Ferrari (1634–1708) was an Italian painter and architect of the

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period, active in

Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...

and across Northern Italy and

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Biography

Born near

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, and moved into Ferrara. He had been instructed in figure painting by a Frenchman, and afterwards became professor of architectural and ornamental painting under the Bolognese painter Gabriel Rossi. Ferrari painted ''The Dispute of St Cirillo'' and the ''Prayer of Elias elicits Rain'' for the church of San Paolo, Ferrara. He also painted for the Carmine and at San Giorgio. He worked also for theaters and in different Italian cities as an architect, including in the service of Leopold I at

. Being constrained to leave Germany on account of his health, he returned to Ferrara. Among his pupils were Mornassi, Grassaleoni, Paggi, Raffanelli, Giacomo Filippi, and one who surpassed all the rest, Antonfelice Ferrari, his son.

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1634 births 1708 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Ferrara Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub