Francesco Ruschi
Francesco Ruschi was an Italian painter born in Rome around 1610. He studied in Rome under Giuseppe Cesari (Cavalier d'Arpino), Francesco Albani and Pietro da Cortona. His work also shows the influence of Caravaggio.
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Francesco Ruschi
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- Name
- Francesco Ruschi
- Born
- c. 1610
- Birthplace
- Rome
- Died
- 1661
- Place of death
- Treviso
- Occupation
- Painter
- Nationality
- Republic of Venice
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Francesco Ruschi was an Italian painter born in Rome around 1610. He studied in Rome under Giuseppe Cesari (Cavalier d'Arpino), Francesco Albani and Pietro da Cortona. His work also shows the influence of Caravaggio.
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Francesco Ruschi (1610–1661) was a national of the Republic of Venice and a painter. The painter was born in Rome and died in Treviso. Works are held at Complesso di santa Caterina, Hessen Kassel Heritage and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
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He settled in Venice before 1629. He became a friend of the writer Giovanni Francesco Loredan, for whom he drew the cover pages of several works. He moved to Treviso from 1656, and died there in 1661.
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• Name — Francesco Ruschi • Born — c. 1610 • Birthplace — Rome • Died — 1661 • Place of death — Treviso • Occupation — Painter • Illustration — Procris offering Cephalus the dog Laelaps and the spear that never misses the target in exchange for a night of love
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Ruschi was influenced by the paintings of Paolo Veronese in his academic and decorative interpretations. These include Madonna and saints (1641) San Pietro di Castello, Venice; Madonna and saints (c. 1656) San Clemente, Venice; Repudiation of Hagar, Treviso Civic Museum; Saint Ursula, Metropolitan Museum.
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1610
Francesco Ruschi was born in 1610 at Rome.
1661
Francesco Ruschi died in 1661 at Treviso.
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