Fulgenzio Mondini (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 ...

era. He was born at Bologna, and was active there in 1658. He excelled in delineating historical subjects, and studied under Guercino. He painted some frescoes depicting ''Life of St Anthony of Padua'' for

San Petronio, Bologna The Basilica of San Petronio is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petronius ...

Malvasia speaks very highly of Mondini. Mondini painted figures for

Giacomo Alboresi Giacomo Alboresi (1632–1677) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Biography Born in Bologna, he was a pupil of Domenico Santi, under whom he worked seventeen years, devoting himself above all to the painting of birds and small figures i ...

in frescoes. This painter died at Florence, where he was working for Marchese Capponi in his villa at

Colonnata Colonnata is an Italian ancient village and a hamlet (''frazione'') of the ''comune'' of Carrara, (Province of Massa-Carrara, Massa-Carrara, Tuscany). It is situated in the Apuan Alps, and is known worldwide for the pork fat delicacy Lardo di Colo ...

in the prime of life.The History of Painting in Italy
Volumes 5-6, by Luigi Lanzi, Thomas Roscoe, page 170.

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