About Pietro Desani
Lived 1595 – 1657 (aged 61). Pietro Desani was a painter.
Pietro Desani (November 18, 1595 – 1647) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Reggio Emilia. He was a disciple of Lionello Spada. He painted a Crucifixion with the Virgin Man, Magdalen, and St. John for the Chiesa del Corpo di Cristo and St. Francis receiving Stigmata for the church of the Padri Zoccolanti. One of his pupils was Orazio Talami.
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Who was Pietro Desani?
Italian painter (1595-1647)
When was Pietro Desani born?
Pietro Desani was born on 17 November 1595 in Bologna.
When did Pietro Desani die?
Pietro Desani died on 14 September 1657.
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Pietro Desani was a painter.
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