About Benedetto Gennari
Lived 1563 – 1610 (aged 46–47). Benedetto Gennari was a painter.
Benedetto Gennari (1563–1610) was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period, active mainly in Ferrara and Cento.
His birthplace is poorly recorded. He adopted a style influenced by Caravaggio, and by age 19, was working in the household of Mirandola in Cento. In that town, he helped decorate the Palazzo della Comunità and the church of Spirito Santo. Guercino became his apprentice in 1607. His nephews Benedetto II Gennari and Cesare Gennari, sons of his brother Ercole Gennari, were also painters.
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Who was Benedetto Gennari?
Italian painter (1563-1610)
When was Benedetto Gennari born?
Benedetto Gennari was born in 1563 in Cento.
When did Benedetto Gennari die?
Benedetto Gennari died in 1610 in Cento.
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Benedetto Gennari was a painter.
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