Lorenzo Bergonzoni (1646 – after 1700) was an Italian painter of the

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period. He was born and active in

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. He was first a pupil of Giovanni Battista Bolognini, but afterwards studied under

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as (il) Guercino (), was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous n ...

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. He is also called Lorenzo Bergunzi. He became known mostly as a portrait painter at Bologna.

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* * 1646 births Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters 18th-century deaths {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub