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Girolamo Donnini (18 April 1681 – 1743) was an Italian painter of the

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period, born in the town of

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. He was a pupil of the painters Francesco Stringa in

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, and then of

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in Bologna, then traveled to

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to work with

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Biography

He painted an ''Annunciation'' for the high altar in the church of the Annunziata delle Orfanelle in Turin, a ''St Joseph instructed by the angel'' for church of the Church of Corpus Domini in Bologna, and also a painting for the church of the Madonna di Galliera also in Bologna. In

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, he painted a ''Visitation'' for the church of the Salesians. Another painting on the same topic is found in the church of St. Sebastian in

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter who was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Renaissance, who was responsible for som ...

. He painted a ''St Anthony of Padua'' for the church of San Francesco in

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. He also painted in the church of the Una dell'Ospedale Maggiore of

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. His pupils include Francesco Bosi (Gobbo di Sinibaldo), Benedetto dal Buono (1711-1775), and Carlo Mazza.Guida del forestiere per la città di Bologna e suoi sobborghi
by Girolamo Bianconi; Bologna; 1820; page 515.

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* 1681 births 1743 deaths People from Correggio, Emilia-Romagna 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub