Luigi Miradori (c. 1600-1610 - c. 1656) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active mainly in

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. Miradori was born in

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, thus also called ''il Genovese'' or ''Genovesino''. He was a pupil of the painter Panfilo Nuvolone or il Tanzio or

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. In Cremona, he painted a ''Virgin in Glory'' for church of

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in Cremona; and a ''Massacre of Innocents'' for the church of San Lorenzo. He painted an ''Execution of the Conspirators'', once in the Casa Borri in Milan. He painted a ''Story of San Rocco'' for the

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, a ''St John the Damascene & the Madonna'' (1648) for the church of Santa Maria Maddalena, a ''

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'' for the church of St. Imerio, and a ''Miracle of the bread & fishes'' and a ''Last Supper'' for the Palazzo Comunale. In the Cremonese Seminary he painted a ''Birth of San Carlo Borromeo'' (1642) and in the

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there are 11 paintings. An exhibition of Miradori paintings was held in the Ala Ponzone in 2018.Exhibition 2018, Museo Civico Ala Ponzone

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* 1656 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Cremona Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub