Giulio Spisanelli (died 1658) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, active mainly 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 ...

. Spisanelli was born at Bologna. His brother was the painter Ippolito Bolognese. He first trained under the painter Vincenzo Spisanelli, his father, then under

Domenico Maria Canuti Domenico Maria Canuti (5 April 1625– 6 April 1684) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Rome. He was a major painter of fresco decorations. His ceiling decorations showed a mix of Bolognese and Roman infl ...

. He traveled to Rome at the instigation of his father, but died soon after returning to Bologna.Abecedario pittorico dei professori piu illustri in pittura, scultura, e architettura.
by Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi, page 759.

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Year of birth unknown 1658 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters Date of death unknown {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub