Ciro Adolfi was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the Baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 period, active in and around Bergamo

Bergamo

Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

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He was born in Bergamo, the younger brother of the painter Giacomo Adolfi

Giacomo Adolfi

Giacomo Adolfi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in and around Bergamo.He was born in Bergamo, the older brother of the painter Ciro Adolfi, and was initially taught by his father Benedetto Adolfi...

, and was initially taught by his father Benedetto Adolfi. He completed a number of fresco paintings in the churches and public buildings of Bergamo, including a Four evangelists for the church of for Sant' Allesandro della Croce; a Deposition from the cross for Santa Maria della Grazie, and a Decollation of St. John for the parish church of Colognola

Colognola

Colognola,located at is a quarter of the city of Bergamo.-Geography:The quarter of Colognola is in the south part of the side close to the motorway Milan Venice also named A4.-History:...

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