Benedetto Gennari (1563–1610) was an Italian painter of the early- Baroque period, active mainly in Ferrara and

Cento The Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), also known as the Baghdad Pact and subsequently known as the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), was a military alliance of the Cold War. It was formed in 24 February 1955 by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Tur ...

. His birthplace is poorly recorded. He adopted a style influenced by Caravaggio, and by age 19, was working in the household of Mirandola in

. In that town, he helped decorate the Palazzo della communita and the church of Spirito Santo.

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 vi ...

became his apprentice in 1607.Griswold, William M. (Spring 1991). "Guercino". ''Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin''. 48(4): 6 His nephews Benedetto II Gennari and

Cesare Gennari Cesare Gennari (12 December 1637 – 11 February 1688) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. His ''Saint Mary Magdalene'' is in the Pinacoteca Civica di Cento. His ''Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Nicholas of Bari'' is at the Pinacoteca ...

, sons of his brother Ercole Gennari, were also painters.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gennari, Benedetto Italian Baroque painters 1563 births 1658 deaths Italian male painters People from Cento 16th-century Italian painters 17th-century Italian painters