Lorenzo Pasinelli (September 4, 1629 – March 4, 1700) was an Italian painter 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 ...

during the late Baroque period. He was born in Bologna, and initially trained in the studio of

Simone Cantarini Simone Cantarini or Simone da Pesaro, called ''il Pesarese'' (Baptized on 21 August 1612 – 15 October 1648) was an Italian painter and etcher. He is mainly known for his history paintings and portraits executed in an original style, whi ...

. He then pursued studies in Rome. Despite that training, his works have an air of Mannerism. In an overview of two major Bolognese painters circa 1700, one author describes that Pasinelli:

''Lorenzo liked the design of
Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...
joined with the charm of Paolo Veronese; while Carlo (Cignani) liked the grace of
Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...
united to the erudition of Annibale (Carracci) ... while Pisanelli did not attain a fullness of correct design, which (Veronese) had advanced ... no one will fail to recognize in Pisanelli large picturesque fire and great new ideas, but sometimes is a tad forced in his movements, and using new and bizarre clothes''.

He collaborated after 1648 with

Flaminio Torre Flaminio Torre (1620–1661) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School, active during the Baroque period. He was a pupil of Guido Reni, Giacomo Cavedone, and Simone Cantarini. He was also called ''Degli Ancinelli'', and painted ...

. He is known to have painted a ''Miracle of St. Anthony'' for the church of San Francesco (now found in San Petronio) He painted for the local Senatore Francesco Ghisilieri a ''Love disarmed by the nymphs of Diana'', now found in the Pinacoteca BPER of Modena. Attributed to Pasinelli, in the same collection is an atypical, almost genre-like allegory of a ''Young Girl with an Open Cage''. He painted a ''Holy Family'' and a ''Resurrection of the dead'' for the church of San Francesco in Bologna. He also painted ''Christ's Entry into Jerusalem'' and a ''Christ's return from Purgatory'' for the former Certosa of Bologna. His pupils included Gian Antonio Burrini, Gioseffo dal Sole, Giovanni Pietro Zanotti,

Giuseppe Maria Mazza Giuseppe Maria Mazza (13 May 1653 – 6 June 1741) was one of the leading sculptors of Bologna, Italy, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was trained as a painter, but is best known for his fine sculptural work in terracotta and stucco. ...

, Antonio Lorenzini, and

Donato Creti Donato Creti (24 February 1671 – 31 January 1749) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period, active mostly in Bologna. Born in Cremona, he moved to Bologna, where he was a pupil of Lorenzo Pasinelli. He is described by Wittkower as the "Bol ...

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Artnet biography from Grove encyclopedia of Art.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pasinelli, Lorenzo 1629 births 1700 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists