Gabriello Ferrantini, also known as Gabriel degli Occhiali, 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, active mainly in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= 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 150 different nat ...

in the late 16th and early 17th century. He was a pupil of the painter Denis Calvaert and

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 ...

. Among his pupils were

Matteo Borboni Matteo Borboni or Borbone (circa 1610November 13, 1689) was an Italian painter, known for fresco depiction of quadratura during the Baroque period, active mainly in his native Bologna. Biography Borboni began as a pupil of Gabriele Ferrantini, a ...

and

Michelangelo Colonna Angelo Michele Colonna (21 September 1604 - 1687) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Bologna, northern and central Italy and Spain. He is sometimes referred to as Michelangelo Colonna. Biography He was born in Rovenna. As a ...

. Ferrantini was primarily known for painted sacred figures using the

Fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

technique.

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* * 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna Fresco painters Italian Baroque painters Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub