Benedetto Zallone, or also called Zalone da Cento, (1595–1644) 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. He mainly painted religious subjects. He was born in

Pieve di Cento Pieve di Cento ( Bolognese: ; "parish of Cento") is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about north of Bologna. History The origins of the town date back to the upper m ...

. He was a pupil of

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as Guercino, or il Guercino , was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vig ...

. He worked in Rome and Cento. His name of Zalone was attributed to his appearance. In Cento, he painted a ''St Matthew and the Virgin'' for the church of San Agostino and ''St Gregory with Saints'' for San Pietro. Some of his works are now collected in the Pinacoteca of Pieve di Cento.Pinacoteca of Pieve di Cento

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Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters 1595 births 1644 deaths Italian male painters People from Pieve di Cento 17th-century Italian painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub