Orazio Talami (1624–September 15, 1705) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active mainly in

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and

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Biography

Talami was born and died in Reggio Emilia. He was a pupil of the painter Pietro Desani. He may have also spent some years of his youth working with

Leonello Spada Leonello Spada (also called ''Lionello Spada'') (1576 – 17 May 1622) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome and his native city of Bologna, where he became known as one of the followers of Caravaggio. Biography He fi ...

. He painted a for the presbytery of the Cathedral at Reggio; he painted ''Cathedra of St Peter'' for the church of San Prospero in Reggio, a ''St Francis Xavier and the Redemption of the Blessed Slaves'' for San Giacomo; a ''St Phillip Benizzi'' for the Basilica della Ghiara; a ''St Joseph'' for the church of San Giorgio; a ''St Michele'' for the church of San Bartolommeo; a ''St Contardo'' for the church of San Nazzaro; a ''St Peter in Chains'' for the church of San Agostino; and ''Three Magi'' for San Filippo Neri in Reggio. He ceased to paint after 1699. The painters Jacopo BaccariniJR Hobbes. and Mattia Benedetti were among his pupils.

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* 1624 births 1708 deaths Painters from Bologna 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub