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Melchiorre Gherardini (1607–1668), known as Ceranino, was an Italian painter.
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Melchiorre Gherardini (1607–1668), known as Ceranino, was an Italian painter.
Biography
Born inMilan
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in 1607, Gherardini was closely linked in his artistic career to Giovan Battista Crespi
Giovanni Battista Crespi (23 December 1573 – 23 October 1632), called Il Cerano, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect.
Biography
He was born in Romagnano Sesia, the son of a painter, Raffaele Crespi, and moved to Cerano with his fa ...
, known as Cerano, his master and father-in-law. On Cerano's death, he inherited his workshop and house, where he is documented as resident with his wife from 1633 on. This was also the year when he adopted the byname ''Ceranino'' in order to celebrate the memory of the great figure of 17th-century painting and the Milanese Borromeo tradition. He died in Milan in 1668 after producing a vast amount of work of a primarily religious character based on the models of Cerano with a particular focus of the theatrical elements.
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17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Milan 1607 births 1668 deaths {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub