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. He painted mainly religious altarpieces in Ferrara. On his return to Ferrara he painted for churches and convents. For the Oratory of the Theatines, he painted an ''Annunciation'' and in the church of St Catherine there are two pictures, one ''Flagellation'' and the other ''Christ crowned with Thorns''. He died at Ferrara. Laderchi stated that his melancholy diverged into madness.

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* * 1697 births 1762 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Ferrara Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub