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Girolamo Donnini (18 April 1681 – 1743) was an Italian painter of the

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period, born in the town of Correggio, Emilia-Romagna. He was a pupil of the painters

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, and then of

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 ...

in Bologna, then traveled to Forlì to work with Carlo Cignani.

Biography

He painted an ''Annunciation'' for the high altar in the church of the Annunziata delle Orfanelle in Turin, a ''St Joseph instructed by the angel'' for church of the Church of

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in Bologna, and also a painting for the church of the Madonna di Galliera also in Bologna. In

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, he painted a ''Visitation'' for the church of the Salesians. Another painting on the same topic is found in the church of St. Sebastian in Correggio. He painted a ''St Anthony of Padua'' for the church of San Francesco in Rimini. He also painted in the church of the Una dell'Ospedale Maggiore of

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. His pupils include

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(Gobbo di Sinibaldo),

Benedetto dal Buono Benedetto Dal Buono (Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, 7 May 1711 – 1775) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period. He initially trained with a wood engraver named Paganelli from Forlì. From there, he moved to Bologna where he was associated for ...

(1711-1775), and

Carlo Mazza Carlo Mazza (1704-1777) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Correggio, but mainly active in Bologna. He trained under Girolamo Donnini. He painted in the chapel of Santissimi Sacramento in San Petronio of Bologna. In the church of th ...

.Guida del forestiere per la città di Bologna e suoi sobborghi
by Girolamo Bianconi; Bologna; 1820; page 515.

References

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* 1681 births 1743 deaths People from Correggio, Emilia-Romagna 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub