Ercole Ruggiero (17th century) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was initially a devoted pupil of

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 ...

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, 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 1 ...

; and also was known as ''Ercolino del Gessi'' or ''Ercolino da Bologna''. His brother was known as ''Battistino del Gessi'', initially a pupil of

Domenichino Domenico Zampieri (, ; October 21, 1581 – April 6, 1641), known by the diminutive Domenichino (, ) after his shortness, was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School of painters. Life Domenichino was born in Bologna, son of a sho ...

and Gessi, then became a follower of Pietro da Cortona. He died during the papacy of

Urban VIII Pope Urban VIII ( la, Urbanus VIII; it, Urbano VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in July 1644. As p ...

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* 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters 1600s births Year of death unknown {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub