Francesco Vellani (1688–1768) was an Italian painter, active in

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in a late

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style. He mainly painted sacred subjects. He painted an altarpiece depicting the ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for the

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; an ''Immaculate Conception'' for the main altar of the Chiesa Nuova; for the church of the Monache della Visitazione; a '' St Pius V and St

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'' for the church of San Domenico; an altarpiece depicting ''St John of the Cross'' for the Church of the Monache Scalze in Modena. Vellani also completed a number of fresco projects in

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including in The palaces Masdoni and Tirelli, as well as for the Oratory of San Spiridione.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vellani, Francesco 1688 births 1768 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Modena Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists