Cesare Pronti
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Cesare Pronti was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period, active mainly near Ravenna
.
He was born at Cattolica
, near Rimini
, and was brought up at Bologna
, training in that city under Guercino. He then helped complete the quadratura for the villa Albizzi in Bologna
, working with Carlo Cignani
. He then moved to Ravenna, where Pronti helped decorate with a mix of quadratura and allegorical figures representing four Continents in the Rasponi family's palace, Palazzo di San Giacomo, near Russi
. He also helped decorate, with oculi with flying putti, the former church of San Romualdo, now a museum in Classe
(in the Biblioteca Classense) , and formerly a Camaldolese Abbey. In Ravenna, he was commonly called Padre Cesare da Ravenna. He became a monk of the order of St. Augustine as a young man, and was afterwards principally engaged in painting altarpieces for the churches of his fraternity, of which one of the best is a picture of St. Tommaso da Villanova, at the Augustines at Pesaro
. He died at Ravenna.
Italy
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painter of the Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period, active mainly near Ravenna
Ravenna
Ravenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome...
.
He was born at Cattolica
Cattolica
Cattolica is a town and comune in the Province of Rimini, Italy, with 16,233 inhabitants.-History:Archaeological excavations show that the area was already settled in Roman times....
, near Rimini
Rimini
Rimini is a medium-sized city of 142,579 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa...
, and was brought up at Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
, training in that city under Guercino. He then helped complete the quadratura for the villa Albizzi in Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
, working with Carlo Cignani
Carlo Cignani
Carlo Cignani was an Italian painter of the Bolognese and of the Forlivese school, active in the Baroque period....
. He then moved to Ravenna, where Pronti helped decorate with a mix of quadratura and allegorical figures representing four Continents in the Rasponi family's palace, Palazzo di San Giacomo, near Russi
Russi
Russi is a comune in the Province of Ravenna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 60 km east of Bologna and about 14 km southwest of Ravenna....
. He also helped decorate, with oculi with flying putti, the former church of San Romualdo, now a museum in Classe
Classé
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(in the Biblioteca Classense) , and formerly a Camaldolese Abbey. In Ravenna, he was commonly called Padre Cesare da Ravenna. He became a monk of the order of St. Augustine as a young man, and was afterwards principally engaged in painting altarpieces for the churches of his fraternity, of which one of the best is a picture of St. Tommaso da Villanova, at the Augustines at Pesaro
Pesaro
Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....
. He died at Ravenna.