Galgano Perpignani (1694 – 1770) was an

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painter, active in painted sacred and mythologic subjects. He studied 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 ...

under

Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole (10 December 1654 – 22 July 1719) was an Italian painter and engraver from Bologna, active in the late-Baroque period. Upon the death of Carlo Cignani, Gioseffo dal Sole became among the most prominent painters in Bolo ...

. He was an honorary member of the

Accademia Clementina The Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ("academy of fine arts of Bologna") is a public tertiary academy of fine art in Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. It has a campus in Cesena. Giorgio Morandi taught engraving at the Accademia f ...

, and died in Bologna. He also worked in his native

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...

. Among his works is an altarpiece of the ''Ecstasy of Santa Rita da Cascia'' (1734), painted for the church of

San Giacomo Maggiore The Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore is an historic Roman Catholic church in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy, serving a monastery of Augustinian friars. It was built starting in 1267 and houses, among the rest, the Bentivoglio Chapel, f ...

in Bologna. He also painted a ''Carlo Borromeo and Luigi Gonzaga'' and a ''Vision of Saint Antony'' for the Oratory of Saint Anthony of Padua, located in Siena.Oratorio di Sant'Antonio da Padova, Contrada Priora della Civetta (Siena) - SBAP
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perpignani, Galgano 1694 births 1770 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Painters from Siena Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists