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Luca Ferrari (February 17, 1605 – February 8, 1654) was an Italian painter of the
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period.


Biography

Also called ''Luca da Reggio''. He was reputedly initially a trainee of
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in the 1610 - 1620s were decorating the basilica of the Madonna della Ghiara in his native city of
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. In 1635 he joined the ''Fraglia dei pittori'' of
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for two years. He frescoed episodes of the ''Life of Antenore'' (1650) for the Villa Selvatico at
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, and in the following years he painted seven panels depicting the ''Mysteries of the Rosary'' for the ceiling of San Tommaso Cantauriense's church in Padua. He painted both large historical canvases and small cabinet pieces. Among his pupils in
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was Giulio Cirello. Moschini identifies Giovanni Battista Pelizzari and Francesco MinorelloMoschini, page 103. as pupils.


References


Web Gallery of Art.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrari, Luca 1605 births 1654 deaths Artists from Reggio Emilia 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Padua