Andrea Seghizzi or Sghizzi (''fl.'' 17th century) was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, active mainly in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

. Seghizzi was born in Bologna around 1630. He initially trained with

Francesco Albani Francesco Albani or Albano (17 March or 17 August 1578 – 4 October 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter who was active in Bologna (1591–1600), Rome (1600–1609), Bologna (1609), Viterbo (1609–1610), Bologna (1610), Rome (1610–1617), ...

and

Lucio Massari Lucio Massari (22 January 1569 – 3 November 1633) was an Italian painter of the School of Bologna. He can be described as painting during both Mannerist and early-Baroque periods. Life and work He was born in Bologna, where he initially ...

, but then worked alongside Francesco Brizio and then

Francesco Gessi Francesco Gessi (20 January 1588 – 1649) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna. Biography Born to a noble family, his father noticed his attraction to the arts and placed him in the apprenticeship with Den ...

, mostly as a fresco artist. He helped decorate the palazzo Arcivescovile (Archbishop's palace) of

Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...

with

Angelo Michele Colonna Angelo Michele Colonna (21 September 1604 - 1687) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Bologna, northern and central Italy and Spain. He is sometimes referred to as Michelangelo Colonna. Biography He was born in Rovenna. As a ...

. Then joined a team with

Girolamo Curti Girolamo Curti (1575–1632) was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque, specializing in quadratura. Biography He was also called ''il Dentone''. He was born to a poor family at Bologna, and worked for cloth spinner till age 25. His first formal ...

and Colonna in

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

. In Bologna, he painted in ''Villa di Riolo'' for the Grimaldi and some rooms for the Count

Cornelio Malvasia Cornelio Malvasia, '' Marquis di Bismantova'' (1603 - 1664) was an Italian aristocrat, patron of astronomy and military leader. Early life Malvasia was born in 1603 to an aristocratic family of Bologna and was the cousin of Carlo Cesare Malvasi ...

, from the family of the Bolognese art historian

Cesare Malvasia Carlo Cesare Malvasia (1616–1693) was an Italian scholar and art historian from Bologna, best known for his biographies of Baroque artists titled ''Felsina pittrice'', published in 1678. Life and career Malvasia is the Bolognese equivalent ...

. In January 1666 he collaborated with

Frans Geffels Frans Geffels, known in Italy as Francesco Geffels (25 August 1624 – 18 February 1694) was a Flemish painter, printmaker, architect, stage designer and designer of ephemeral structures for solemn and festive occasions.Miroslav Kindl, ''Die nied ...

on the complex of decorations and objects made for the funeral of Duke

Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers Charles II Gonzaga (22 October 1609 – 30 August 1631) was the son of Charles I, Duke of Mantua, and Catherine de Lorraine-Guise (also known as Catherine de Mayenne). He was the Duke of Nevers and Rethel, together with his father. In 1621, he su ...

in the

Basilica palatina di Santa Barbara The Basilika Palatina di Santa Barbara is the Royal chapel, Palatine Chapel of the House of Gonzaga in Mantua, Italy. History Built at the request of the Duke Guglielmo Gonzaga and built by the Mantua, Mantuan Architect Giovan Battista Bertan ...

of Mantua.M. Pigozzi, ''Gli apparati effimeri di Geffels e la collaborazione con Andrea Seghizzi'', in: Il Seicento nell’arte e nella cultura con riferimenti a Mantova, Mantua 1985, S. 186–195

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1630s births 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters Year of death unknown {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub