Cristoforo Savolini
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Cristoforo Savolini was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period, active in the region near Pesaro
and his native town of Cesena
.
Pupil of the Caravaggio
-inspired Cristoforo Serra
, he was inspired by Guercino and Guido Cagnacci
. One of his patrons was the Cesenese Ludovico Ugolini. Died young from a riding accident. He painted the altarpiece of San Donnino in the church of San Domenico in Cesena.
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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 the region near Pesaro
Pesaro
Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....
and his native town of Cesena
Cesena
Cesena is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, co-chief of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. It is at the foot of the Apennines, and about 15 km from the Adriatic Sea.-History:Cesena was originally an Umbrian...
.
Pupil of the Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
-inspired Cristoforo Serra
Cristoforo Serra
Cristoforo Serra was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Cesena.Born in Cesena, Serra is exceptional in that painting was not his full-time vocation, yet he was prolific. He was a militia captain in the Papal troops and only painted "for own enjoyment". He stayed in Rome in 1623,...
, he was inspired by Guercino and Guido Cagnacci
Guido Cagnacci
Guido Cagnacci was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, belonging to the Forlì painting school and to the Bolognese School....
. One of his patrons was the Cesenese Ludovico Ugolini. Died young from a riding accident. He painted the altarpiece of San Donnino in the church of San Domenico in Cesena.