Ercole Procaccini the Elder (1520 – 1595) was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

 period, mainly active in Milan

Milan

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He was born in Bologna

Bologna

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. He painted an Annunciation for the church of San Benedetto, a Conversion of St. Paul and a Christ in the Garden for San Giacomo Maggiore

San Giacomo Maggiore

San Giacomo Maggiore is a church in Bologna, central Italy. It was founded by the Augustinian Order in 1267 and houses, among the rest, the Bentivoglio Chapel, featuring numerous Renaissance artworks.-History:...

, a St. Michael defeating the rebel Angels for San Bernardo, and a Deposition from the Cross for St. Stefano. Ercole established an Academy at Milan

Milan

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, which became celebrated in his time, and, besides his own sons (Carlo Antonio

Carlo Antonio Procaccini

Carlo Antonio Procaccini was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period.He was the third son of Ercole, the brother of Camillo and Giulio Cesare the elder, and father of Ercole Procaccini the Younger...

, Giulio Cesare

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Giulio Cesare Procaccini was an Italian painter and sculptor of the early Baroque era in Milan.-Biography:Born in Bologna he was son of the Mannerist painter Ercole Procaccini the Elder and brother of Camillo Procaccini and Carlo Antonio Procaccini...

 and Camillo

Camillo Procaccini

thumb|300px|Nativity by Camillo ProcacciniCamillo Procaccini was an Italian painter. He has been posthumously referred to as the Vasari of Lombardy, for his prolific Mannerist fresco decoration....

 turned out distinguished artists of the Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 school. The painter, Ercole Procaccini the Younger

Ercole Procaccini the Younger

Ercole Procaccini il Giovane was an Italian painter of the Baroque period....

was Carlo Antonio' son.