Ercole Gennari
Illustration — Madonna and Child by Ercole Gennari, private collection • Illustration — Farewell of Cato from Utica by Ercole Gennari (1636) Ercole Gennari (10 March 1597 – 27 June 1658) was an Italian Renaissance drawer and painter. Son of the painter Benedetto Gennari and Julia Bovi, Ercole was baptized in the collegiate church of San Biagio, in Cento. He originally studied to be a surgeon.
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- 1597 · Cento.
- Died
- 1658 · Bologna.
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- painter
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Born at Cento in 1597, died in Bologna in 1658.
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