Bernardino Cervi
Illustration — Ideal portraits, Galleria Estense Bernardino Cervi or Cerva was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Native of Modena, and a scholar of Guido Reni. He possessed an extraordinary genius, and, in the judgment of his excellent instructor, would have reached a high rank in art, had he not been cut off in the prime of his life by the plague, which visited Modena in 1630.
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Bernardino Cervi
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- Born
- 1586 · Modena.
- Died
- 1630 · Modena.
- Occupation
- painter · copper engraver
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Illustration — Ideal portraits, Galleria Estense Bernardino Cervi or Cerva was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Native of Modena, and a scholar of Guido Reni. He possessed an extraordinary genius, and, in the judgment of his excellent instructor, would have reached a high rank in art, had he not been cut off in the prime of his life by the plague, which visited Modena in 1630.
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Born at Modena in 1586, died in Modena in 1630.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Parma. Work by Bernardino Cervi is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum and Galleria Estense.
Bernardino cervi, ritratti ideali di aurelio e tiberio d'este, 1627-28
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Bottega di bernardino cervi, ritratti ideali di matilde di canossa e di aldobrandino d'este, 1627-28
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1586
Bernardino Cervi born at Modena.
1630
Bernardino Cervi died at Modena.
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