Jacopo Bambini
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Jacopo Bambini was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period, active mainly in Ferrara
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He trained with Domenico Mona. Along with Giulio Croma (Giulio Cromer
), he set up a painter's academy in Ferrara. He painted three altarpieces for the cathedral: a Flight into Egypt, an Annunciation, and a Conversion of St. Paul. He died at Ferrara. An account of his other works will be found in Barotti's Future e Scolture di Ferrara.
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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 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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He trained with Domenico Mona. Along with Giulio Croma (Giulio Cromer
Giulio Cromer
Giulio Cromer or Croma, a pupil of Mona, was born in Silesia before 1570, and died at Ferrara in 1632. In the latter city he painted 'The Preaching of St. Andrew,' for the church dedicated to that saint; also 'The Calling of SS. Peter and Andrew.'...
), he set up a painter's academy in Ferrara. He painted three altarpieces for the cathedral: a Flight into Egypt, an Annunciation, and a Conversion of St. Paul. He died at Ferrara. An account of his other works will be found in Barotti's Future e Scolture di Ferrara.