Giovanni Battista Venanzi (born 1628) was an Italian painter of the

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period. Born in

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, his first training was with

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in Bologna, then

Simone Cantarini Simone Cantarini or Simone da Pesaro, called ''il Pesarese'' (Baptized on 21 August 1612 – 15 October 1648) was an Italian Painting, painter and etcher. He is known mainly for his history paintings and portraits executed in an original styl ...

, then

Benedetto Gennari Benedetto Gennari (1563–1610) was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period, active mainly in Ferrara and Cento. His birthplace is poorly recorded. He adopted a style influenced by Caravaggio, and by age 19, was working in the household of ...

. He painted a ''Descent of the Holy Ghost'' for the church of Saints Gervasius and Protasius in Bologna. He painted a ''Life of San Antonio'' for the church of San Antonio at Pesaro.

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* 1628 births 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters People from Pesaro Year of death unknown {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub