Santi Prunati (1652 or 1656 – 27 November 1728) was an Italian painter of the

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era, born and mainly active in

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Biography

He was born to Antonio Prunati, and baptized by 22 September. He originally studied with a painter by the name of Voltolino, then with Biagio Falcieri. At age 19, he traveled to

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to paint in the choir of San Jacopo and paint an altarpiece depicting ''St Antony of Padua'' for the church of San Felice. He then traveled to Venice to work in the studio of Giovanni Carlo Loth. He then traveled to Bologna to paint in various churches. He also traveled to

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to paint in the palace of the Marchese de Pianezza. He also painted in

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. A ''Last Supper'' originally painted for St. Thomas Apostle, was found in the museum of Verona. He painted a ''Holy family with Saints Anne, young John the Baptist, and Donor Dal Pozzo'' for the apse of the church of San Lorenzo, Verona (likely copy of an earlier Raphael). His son, Michelangelo Prunati was also a painter. Among his pupils was Antonio Mela, Felice Torelli, Giovanni Battista Rubini (painter),

Felice Cappelletti Felice Cappelletti (1656–1738) was an Italian painter of the Late-Baroque, active mainly in Verona. He was born and trained in Verona under Santo Prunati. He contributed paintings to the churches of Santa Caterina presso Ognissanti, Sant’Ana ...

, Bartolomeo Signorini, Paolo Panelli (painter), and his most famous pupil Gian Bettino CignaroliC. Bernasconi, page 375.

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Church of San Lorenzo of Verona
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1650s births 1728 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Verona 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub