Mario Righetti (born ) was an Italian painter of the

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. He was born at

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 became a pupil of

Lucio Massari Lucio Massari (22 January 1569 – 3 November 1633) was an Italian painter of the School of Bologna. He was active during the Mannerist and early-Baroque periods. Life and work He was born in Bologna, where he initially apprenticed with an ...

. In Bologna, he painted an ''Archangel Michael'' for the church of San Guglielmo; a ''Christ appearing to the Magdalen'' for

San Giacomo Maggiore The Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore is an historic Roman Catholic church in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy, serving a monastery of Augustinian friars. It was built starting in 1267 and houses, among the rest, the Bentivoglio Chapel, f ...

; an ''Adoration of the Magi'' for the church of Sant'Agnese; and a ''Nativity'' that once adorned the church of Santa Lucia (now deconsecrated).

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* 1590s births Year of birth uncertain Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters Year of death unknown {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub