Francesco Ferrari (1634–1708) was an Italian painter and architect of the
Baroque period, active in
Ferrara and across Northern Italy and
Vienna
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Biography
Born near
Rovigo
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, and moved into Ferrara. He had been instructed in figure painting by a Frenchman, and afterwards became professor of architectural and ornamental painting under the Bolognese painter
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. Ferrari painted ''The Dispute of St Cirillo'' and the ''Prayer of Elias elicits Rain'' for the church of
San Paolo, Ferrara. He also painted for the Carmine and at San Giorgio. He worked also for theaters and in different Italian cities as an architect, including in the service of Leopold I at
Vienna
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. Being constrained to leave Germany on account of his health, he returned to Ferrara.
Among his pupils were Mornassi, Grassaleoni, Paggi, Raffanelli, Giacomo Filippi, and one who surpassed all the rest,
Antonfelice Ferrari, his son.
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1634 births
1708 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
Painters from Ferrara
Italian Baroque painters
18th-century Italian male artists
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