Ercole Graziani the Younger
Illustration — Judith with the head of Holofernes by Ercole Graziani the Younger, second quarter of the 18th century, National Museum in Warsaw Ercole Graziani the Younger (1688–1765) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Piacenza.
Also recorded as Ercole Graziano · Ercole, the Younger Graziani · Ercole Graziani · Ercole, II Graziani
Ercole Graziani the Younger
Luigi Crespi · Luigi Crespi, Vite de' pittori Bolognesi non descritte nella Felsina pittrice, Roma, Marco Pagliarini, 1769 · Public domain
- Born
- 1688 · Bologna.
- Died
- 1765 · Bologna.
- Occupation
- painter
- Teachers
- Donato Creti
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Illustration — Judith with the head of Holofernes by Ercole Graziani the Younger, second quarter of the 18th century, National Museum in Warsaw Ercole Graziani the Younger (1688–1765) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Piacenza.
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Ercole Graziani the Younger (1688–1765) was a painter. The painter was born and died in Bologna. Ercole Graziani the Younger worked in Bologna. Works are held at Art Institute of Chicago, Calvet Museum and Hermitage Museum, among others.
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Training under Donato Creti is recorded. Giuseppe Becchetti is recorded as having studied under Ercole Graziani the Younger. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bologna. Work by Ercole Graziani the Younger is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago, Hermitage Museum, National Museum in Warsaw and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
Ercole was a pupil of the painter Donato Creti and Marcantonio Franceschini. Pope Benedict XIV ordered a copy of his St. Peter consecrating St. Apollinaire (Bologna Cathedral) for the church of Sant'Apollinare in Rome. He also painted altarpieces depicting respectively St. Simon Stock receives a scapular from the Virgin and St. Pietro Thoma for the first chapels to the left and right of the Church of the Carmine in Medicina. Among his many pupils are Giuseppe Becchetti, Antonio Concioli, and Carlo Bianconi.
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1688
Ercole Graziani the Younger was born on 14 August 1688.
1765
Ercole Graziani the Younger died on 17 December 1765.
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Formation and teaching. He trained under Donato Creti. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago, Hermitage Museum and National Museum in Warsaw
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