Giovanni Francesco Braccioli (1697 – 16 July 1762) was an Italian painter of the

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period, mainly active in

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. Born in Ferrara, he first trained with

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, and then with

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. He painted mainly religious altarpieces in Ferrara. On his return to Ferrara he painted for churches and convents. For the Oratory of the Theatines, he painted an ''Annunciation'' and in the church of St Catherine there are two pictures, one ''Flagellation'' and the other ''Christ crowned with Thorns''. He died at Ferrara. Laderchi stated that his melancholy diverged into madness.

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* * 1697 births 1762 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Ferrara Italian Baroque painters Italian Roman Catholics 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub