French Academic Painter, 1827-1877  Related Paintings of leon belly :. | Pilgrims Going to Mecca (san11) | Pilgrims Going to Mecca. | Fellaheen Women by the Nile. | Pilgrims Going to Mecca | Les Sirenes |
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Orlandi, Deodato
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1488-1541
CIGNANI, Carlo
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1628-1719 Italian painter and draughtsman. He was the leading master in Bologna during the later decades of the 17th century, commanding a position of authority comparable to that of Carlo Maratti in Rome. He bore the title of Conte, and his biographer Giovan Pietro Zanotti wrote that he 'always worked for glory, not for need'. Zanotti's emphasis on Cignani's 'new manner' refers to the reflective, intimate mood of his art, presaged in the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, and in those of Simone Cantarini. This gentle manner, which prevailed in the second half of the 17th century,
geoffrey chaucer
Born: c. 1340 Birthplace: London, England Died: 1400 Best Known As: The author of The Canterbury Tales