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commune. He was a Bolognese painter who studied under

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. His wife

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was also a painter. They met in the studio of

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, where she was also a student. Muratori specialized in religious-themed works. He produced frescoes for the second chapel of

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. He died in

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in 1744.

References

* ''Storia pittorica dell'Italia dal risorgimento delle belle arti fin presso al fine del XVIII secolo'' (1822), p. 149. 1662 births 1744 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub