Benedetto Gennari II

Benedetto Gennari II (19 October 1633 – 9 December 1715) was an Italian painter active during the Baroque period.

Biography Belonging to a dynasty of painters, Gennari was a student of Guercino, the grandson of Benedetto Gennari, and older brother of Cesare Gennari. His father was Ercole Gennari and his mother Lucia Barbieri. He trained at the workshop of the celebrated master, Guercino, hence his style was always very close to that of his teacher. Upon Guercino's death, Gennari inherited his studio, which he ran with his brother Cesare.

With a restless spirit, Gennari travelled to Paris in March 1672 to work for the court of King Louis XIV. The French nobility received him with open arms, and the multitude of commissions encouraged him to prolong his stay. In September 1674, he moved to London, where he became court painter to King Charles II of England and his successor James II. King Charles II (1630-85) Reigned 1660-85 (1678, Portugal, Lisbon, British Embassy) Sagrada Familia (1682, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) Sleeping Young Shepherd surprised by two women (Royal Collection) Death of Cleopatra (1686, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath) Portrait of James II of England (1686, Private Collection, NY) Portrait of Nathaniel Cholmley (1687, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull) Annunciation (1686, Ringling Museum, Sarasota) Elizabeth Panton as Santa Catalina (1689, Tate Gallery, London) Mary of Modena and his son James Stuart III (1690, Pinacoteca Civica, Modena) Theseus and the daughters of Minos (1702, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) The Miracle of Saint Francis Xavier (Saint-François Xavier des Missions étrangères, Paris)

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