Bartolomeo Ramenghi (1484–1542), also called ''Bagnacavallo'', ''il Bagnacavallo'' or ''il Baruffaldi'', was an Italian painter of the

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, active in

Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title ...

. He received the nickname, Bagnacavallo, from the village

Bagnacavallo Bagnacavallo ( rgn, Bagnacavàl) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The Renaissance painter Bartolomeo Ramenghi bore the nickname of his native city. Main sights *''Castellaccio'' (15th century) * Gia ...

where he was born. He studied first under

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and

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. He then proceeded to Rome, where he became a pupil of

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. While studying under him he worked along with many others at the decoration of the gallery in the

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, though it is not known which portions are his work. He became a prominent local artist on his return to

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. His works were later highly esteemed by

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and the Carracci. Among his works made in Bologna were a ''Dispute of St Augustine'' and a ''Madonna and Child''. He died in Bologna. One of his pupils was

Cesare Aretusi Cesare Aretusi (1 September 1549 – 4 October 1612) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period. He was born in Modena and trained with Bartolomeo Ramenghi (Bagnacavallo). Known primarily as a portrait painter, Aretusi also pain ...

and another was his own son Giovanni Battista Ramenghi.

References

Works

* Madonna and Child with Saints Johns the Evangelist and the Baptist; Francis; Clare; Catherine; The Magdalen (1563); The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine (1543-6) at th
Pinacoteca of Bologna
. 1484 births 1542 deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Bologna People from the Province of Ferrara {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub