Giovanni Battista Bolognini
Illustration — Giovanni Battista Bolognini Giovanni Battista Bolognini (1611 in Bologna – 1688 in Bologna) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque. He was a pupil of Guido Reni. He painted a Virgin and child with St Dominic, St Eustatius, and Mary Magdalene for Santa Maria Nuova.
Also recorded as Gio. Batta. Bolognini · Gian Battista, the Elder Bolognini · Giobatta Batistta Bolognino · Gio. Batta Bolognini
Giovanni Battista Bolognini
Luigi Crespi · Luigi Crespi, Vite de' pittori Bolognesi non descritte nella Felsina pittrice, Roma, Marco Pagliarini, 1769 · Public domain
- Born
- 1611 · Bologna.
- Died
- 1688 · Bologna.
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker
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Illustration — Giovanni Battista Bolognini Giovanni Battista Bolognini (1611 in Bologna – 1688 in Bologna) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque. He was a pupil of Guido Reni. He painted a Virgin and child with St Dominic, St Eustatius, and Mary Magdalene for Santa Maria Nuova.
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He painted a Dead Christ mourned by the Virgin, St. John, and others; an Immaculate Conception for the church of Santa Lucia. He etched a Murder of the Innocents, a St Peter named Head of the Church; a Bacchus and Ariadne; and The Crucifixion after Reni. He was an uncle and teacher of the Bolognese painter Giacomo Bolognini.
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1611
Giovanni Battista Bolognini born at Bologna.
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Giovanni Battista Bolognini died at Bologna.
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Bolognini, Gian Battista, the Elder Bolognini, Giobatta Batistta Bolognino, Gio
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