Giacomo Parolini (May 1, 1663 – 1733) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara. He initially traveled with Giovanni Francesco Viterbi to

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to study law, but then went to study painting in

with Peruzzini Anconitano, who had trained with

Simone Cantarini Simone Cantarini or Simone da Pesaro, called ''il Pesarese'' (Baptized on 21 August 1612 – 15 October 1648) was an Italian painter and etcher. He is mainly known for his history paintings and portraits executed in an original style, whi ...

. He travels with Viterbi to

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 ...

in 1679, where he apprentices with

Carlo Cignani Carlo Cignani (15 May 1628 – 8 September 1719) was an Italian painter. His innovative style referred to as his 'new manner' introduced a reflective, intimate mood of painting and presaged the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, as well a ...

in Bologna, till the latter leaves for

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. In Bologna he worked with

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 Bol ...

and

Giuseppe Maria Crespi Giuseppe Maria Crespi (March 14, 1665 – July 16, 1747), nicknamed Lo Spagnuolo ("The Spaniard"), was an Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School. His eclectic output includes religious paintings and portraits, but he is now most ...

. He then traveled to

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and

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. In about 1699, he returns to Ferrara where he marries. He painted the ceiling of Carmine in San Paolo. In the Certosa he painted a ''Crucifixion''. He painted numerous other altarpieces in Ferrara, including a ''Last supper'' in cathedral and a ''St. Sebastian'' for the church of San Sebastiano of

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. Among his pupils were Girolamo Gregori and

Giovanni Francesco Braccioli Giovanni Francesco Braccioli (1697 – 16 July 1762) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara. Born in Ferrara, he first trained with Giacomo Parolini, and then with Giuseppe Maria Crespi in Bologna Bologna ( ...

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