Giuseppe Avanzi (August 30, 1645 – May 29, 1718) was an Italian 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, mainly active in
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
.
He trained with
Cattaneo in Ferrara. He was a prolific painter of religious canvases in his natal city, including for the Certosa of Ferrara and the church of the Madonna della Pieta.
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Census of Ferrarese Paintings and DrawingsDizionario dei pittori. Biografie di artisti ferraresi del Seicento
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1645 births
1718 deaths
People from the Province of Ferrara
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
Italian Baroque painters
Painters from Ferrara
18th-century Italian male artists