Giovanni Francesco Braccioli
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Giovanni Francesco Braccioli (c. 1698 – 16 July 1762) was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period, mainly active in Ferrara
.
Born in Ferrara, he first trained with Giacomo Parolini
, and then with Giuseppe Maria Crespi in Bologna
. He painted mainly religious altarpieces in Ferrara. On his return to Ferrara he painted for churches and convents. For the oratory of the Theatines, he painted an Annunciation and in the church of St. Catharine there are two pictures, one Flagellation and the other Christ crowned with Thorns. He died at Ferrara. Laderchi stated that his melancholy diverged into madness.
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, mainly active in Ferrara
Ferrara
Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
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Born in Ferrara, he first trained with Giacomo Parolini
Giacomo Parolini
Giacomo Parolini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara.He initially traveled with Giovanni Francesco Viterbi to Turin to study law, but then went to study painting in Turin with Peruzzini Anconitano, who had trained with Simone Cantarini...
, and then with Giuseppe Maria Crespi 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,...
. He painted mainly religious altarpieces in Ferrara. On his return to Ferrara he painted for churches and convents. For the oratory of the Theatines, he painted an Annunciation and in the church of St. Catharine there are two pictures, one Flagellation and the other Christ crowned with Thorns. He died at Ferrara. Laderchi stated that his melancholy diverged into madness.