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Matteo Loves was a painter active in
Matteo Loves was a painter active in Cento
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from about 1625 to 1662. Few biographical details are known. It is said he was born in Cologne
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to an English family, and arrived as a young man in Cento, where he trained with Guercino
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as Guercino, or il Guercino , was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vig ...
. Works by Loves can be found in the Pinacoteca of Cento and in the church of San Rocco e San Sebastiano.La Pinacoteca civica di Cento: guida illustrate, by Fausto Gozzi, Pinacoteca civica di Cento, (1987), Page 62.
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Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub