Giacomo Bolognini (1664–1734July 10, 1737 according to G. P. Zanotti, ''Storia dell'Accademia Clementina'', Bologna, 1739) was an Italian painter of the

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period. The nephew of

Giovanni Battista Bolognini Giovanni Battista Bolognini (1611–1688) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque. Biography He was born and died at Bologna. He was a pupil of Guido Reni Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter ...

, he was born in

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. Married to Antonia Margherita Contoli, he had two sons, Giovanni Battista and Francesco, and four daughters, Anna, Olimpia, Rosalba and Teresa. Following tutelage under his uncle, he painted ''St Francis Receiving the Stigmata'' for the church of Santi Sebastiano e Rocco in Bologna, and a ''Dead Christ with Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalen'' now housed in the National Museum of Bologna. His works can be found in

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and Cadiz. In 1715 he was appointed the director of the Clementine Academy.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolognini, Giacomo 1664 births 1734 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists