Luigi Quaini (1643–1717) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Luigi Quaini Triunfo de Venus y Cupido

Biography

He was born in

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, and first learned the art of architectural perspective painting from his father, Francesco Quaini, a pupil of

Agostino Mitelli Agostino Mitelli (16 March 1609 – 2 August 1660) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and best known as a fresco painter of ''quadratura'' or illusionistic perspectival architectural frameworks. He was born in Battedizzo, near Bologna ...

. After some training with his father, he became a pupil of

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, then of

Carlo Cignani Carlo Cignani (15 May 1628 – 8 September 1719) was an Italian painter. His innovative style referred to as his 'new manner' introduced a reflective, intimate mood of painting and presaged the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, as well a ...

(his cousin). There he met a fellow pupil,

Marcantonio Franceschini Marcantonio Franceschini (; 1648 – 24 December 1729) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mostly in his native Bologna. He was the father and teacher of Giacomo Franceschini.''The picture collector's manual'' by James R. Ho ...

. He became the brother-in-law of the latter, and closely collaborated with him in works at Bologna,

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and

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. Franceschini supplied the figures and Quaini, the landscapes and architecture. He was named a professor of the Accademia Clementina in Bologna. He traveled to France and England, where he met

Charles Le Brun Charles Le Brun (baptised 24 February 1619 – 12 February 1690) was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time. As court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist ...

and the engraver Edelinck.S. Muzzi; 1846, page 744. In Rome, he helped compose some of the designs for mosaics in the dome of

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. Quaini also completed several altarpieces, including a ''Visitation'' for the church of San Giuseppe at

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, a ''Pietà'' for the church in La Carità, and a ''San Nicolò visited by the Virgin'' for the church of San Niccolò.

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1643 births 1717 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters Quadratura painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub