Santi Prunati (1652 or 1656 – 27 November 1728) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
era, born and mainly active in
Verona.
Biography
He was born to Antonio Prunati, and baptized by September 22. Originally studied with a painter by the name of Voltolino, then with
Biagio Falcieri. At age 19, he traveled to
Vicenza 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
Turin to paint in the palace of the Marchese de Pianezza. He also painted in
Bergamo
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...
. 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 San Lorenzo is a Romanesque style, Roman Catholic church on Corso Cavour in central Verona, region of Veneto, Italy.
History
A church at this site was present since the 4th century. The present church was initially rebuilt in the 12th century ...
(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 in 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� ...
,
Bartolomeo Signorini,
Paolo Panelli (painter), and his most famous pupil
Gian Bettino Cignaroli[C. Bernasconi, page 375.]
References
Sources
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Church of San Lorenzo of Verona*
External links
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
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