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Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini (1707 – 5 June 1791) was an Italian painter of the
He painted for the main church in Arte in Ariostea
, short biography.
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 ...
.
Biography
Born inFicarolo
Ficarolo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southwest of Rovigo.
Ficarolo borders the following municipalities: Bagnolo di Po, Bondeno, Ferrara, Gai ...
in the province of Rovigo. He trained with Giacomo Parolini
Giacomo Parolini (May 1, 1663 – 1733) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara.
He initially traveled with Giovanni Francesco Viterbi to Turin to study law, but then went to study painting in Turin with Peruzzi ...
. He became professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Ferrara.
He painted for the main church in Mirandola
Mirandola ( Mirandolese: ) is a city and ''comune'' of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, northeast of the provincial capital by railway.
History
Mirandola originated as a Renaissance city-fortress. For four centuries it was ...
and the church in Vallalta. He painted a cycle of paintings about the Mysteries of the Rosary, once were around the altar dedicated to the Madonna del Rosario in the church of San Materno Vescovo in Melara
Melara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about west of Rovigo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,927 and an area of .All demographics and ot ...
. These are now found in Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; egl, Ruig) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province.
Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of P ...
. He also painted two altarpieces destroyed in an 1851 fire at the church. Giuseppe's brother was a prelate in the town. He painted two altarpieces for Santa Maria in Vado
Santa Maria in Vado is a church located on Via Borgovado number 3 in Ferrara, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
History
The church derives its name from a guado or fording (''vado'' in dialect) that was located nearby. A church at the site was do ...
: a ''Il mendico cacciato dal convitto di nozze'' and a ''Sacrifice of Melchisedec''
He painted many portraits, including Girolamo Baruffaldi
Girolamo Baruffaldi (10 July 1740 – 2 February 1817) was an Italian historian who wrote a biography of artists active in Ferrara.
Biography
Born in Ferrara, he studied initially with the Jesuit institute in Novellara, entered the order, and ...
(Cento, 1736), Ferrante Borsetti, Pope Benedict XIV
Pope Benedict XIV ( la, Benedictus XIV; it, Benedetto XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758.Antipope ...
, and Bishop B. Barberini. Francesco Zucchi engraved many of his portraits. Ghedini helped illustrated the front page of an edition of ''Gerusalemme Liberata'' by Ricciardetto di N. Fortiguerri, also engraved by Zucchi., short biography.
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1707 births 1791 deaths People from the Province of Ferrara 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Ferrara Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub