Giulio Cirello (1633 in

Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

– 1709) was an Italian painter. He trained under

Luca Ferrari Luca Ferrari (February 17, 1605 – February 8, 1654) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Biography Also called ''Luca da Reggio''. He was reputedly initially a trainee of Alessandro Tiarini. Moschini identifies him as a pupil of Guido ...

in Padua. He mainly painted sacred subjects in a late-

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style, though he was also valued as portraitist during his time. He painted an altarpiece for the church of San Giuseppe in Padua. He painted the walls of the Palazzo Vescovile or the Bishop's palace, adjacent to the

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; and two pieces for the church of La Rotonda in

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. Along with the fellow Luca da Reggio pupil, Francesco Minorello, he painted two canvases, depicting ''St Agnes beaten by the Roman Prefect'' and ''St Martha as a Nun holding the cross sprays holy water on a Dragon'', for the church of Sant'Agnese in Padua.Guida per la citta di Padova
By Giannantonio Moschini, Fratelli Gamba, Padua (1817); page 1-2.

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1633 births 1743 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Padua Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub