Lorenzo Garbieri (1580 – 5 April 1654) was an Italian painter of the early-

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

period, active mainly in

Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

. He was one of the painters in the studio of

Ludovico Carracci Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci ( , , ; 21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker from Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering li ...

and is sometimes called ''il nipote dei Carracci''. He was said to be one of the most successful imitators of Ludovico, to whose style he added the character of Caravaggio. He painted the ''Plague of Milan'' in the chapel of San Carlo at the church of the

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. He painted ''St Paul resuscitating a youth'' for the church of the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in

Fano Fano () is a city and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by pop ...

. He painted the ''Martyrdom of St Felicita and her seven sons'' for San Maurizio in

Mantua Mantua ( ; ; Lombard language, Lombard and ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, eponymous province. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the "Italian Capital of Culture". In 2 ...

. He painted five canvases (1613) for the chapel of the Annunciation in the church of San Bartolomeo, Modena, including ''Birth of the Virgin'', ''Annunciation''. He had also paintings made for Milan and Reggio-Emilia. One of his painting his located at the Dinan's Museum. Rejecting an offer to become court painter at Mantua, he returned to Bologna to take a bride with a rich dowry, after which his career declined. His son and pupil, Carlo Garbieri, was a history painter.

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* * 1580 births 1654 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub