Pietro Desani (November 18, 1595 – 1647) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active mainly in

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. He was a disciple of Lionello Spada. He painted a ''Crucifixion with the Virgin Man, Magdalen, and St. John'' for the Chiesa del Corpo di Cristo and ''St. Francis receiving Stigmata'' for the church of the Padri Zoccolanti. One of his pupils was Orazio Talami.

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* * 1595 births 1647 deaths Painters from Bologna Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub