Luca Ferrari (February 17, 1605 – February 8, 1654) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque
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period.
Biography
Also called ''Luca da Reggio''. He was reputedly initially a trainee of
Alessandro Tiarini
Alessandro Tiarini (20 March 1577 – 8 February 1668) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School.
Biography
Alessandro Tiarini was born in Bologna. His mother died when he was a child, and he was raised by an aunt. Early on his fa ...
. Moschini identifies him as a pupil of
Guido Reni
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. He later worked with
Leonello Spada,
Alessandro Tiarini
Alessandro Tiarini (20 March 1577 – 8 February 1668) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School.
Biography
Alessandro Tiarini was born in Bologna. His mother died when he was a child, and he was raised by an aunt. Early on his fa ...
, and
Carlo Bononi
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Biography
Bononi was active mainly in his home territories of Emilia and Ferrara, and is considered to be a ...
in the 1610 - 1620s were decorating the basilica of the
Madonna della Ghiara in his native city of
Reggio Emilia
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. In 1635 he joined the ''Fraglia dei pittori'' of
Padua
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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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Battaglia lies at the easternmost edge of the volcanic Euganean Hills, and has been noted for its warm saline springs and natural vapour grotto s ...
, 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
Padua
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was
Giulio Cirello. Moschini identifies
Giovanni Battista Pelizzari and
Francesco Minorello[Moschini, page 103.] as pupils.
References
Web Gallery of Art.
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1605 births
1654 deaths
Artists from Reggio Emilia
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Baroque painters
Painters from Padua