Pietro Desani (November 18, 1595 – 1647) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

and Reggio Emilia. He was a disciple of Lionello Spada. He painted a ''Crucifixion with the Virgin Man, Magdalen, and St. John'' for the Chiesa del Corpo di Cristo and ''St. Francis receiving Stigmata'' for the church of the Padri Zoccolanti. One of his pupils was Orazio Talami.

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* * 1595 births 1647 deaths Painters from Bologna 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub