Pietro Desani
Illustration — Rebeca and Eleazar Pietro Desani (November 18, 1595 – 1647) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Reggio Emilia. He was a disciple of Lionello Spada. He painted a Crucifixion with the Virgin Man, Magdalen, and St.
Pietro Desani

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- Pietro Desani was born on 17 November 1595. · Bologna.
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Illustration — Rebeca and Eleazar Pietro Desani (November 18, 1595 – 1647) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Reggio Emilia. He was a disciple of Lionello Spada. He painted a Crucifixion with the Virgin Man, Magdalen, and St.
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John for the Chiesa del Corpo di Cristo and St. Francis receiving Stigmata for the church of the Padri Zoccolanti. One of his pupils was Orazio Talami.
Pietro Desani (1595–1657) was a painter.

Pietro Desani David con la cabeza de Goliat
Pietro Desani
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1595
Pietro Desani born at Bologna.
1657
Pietro Desani died.
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Pietro Desani was born in Bologna.
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