Enrico Fiammingo was a Flemish

Flemish people

The Flemings or Flemish are the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium, where they are mostly found in the northern region of Flanders. They are one of two principal cultural-linguistic groups in Belgium, the other being the French-speaking Walloons...

 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...

, active mainly in Italy

Italy

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. He initially began as a pupil of Jusepe Ribera in Naples

Naples

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, but then became a follower of Guido Reni

Guido Reni

Guido Reni was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style.-Biography:Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As a child of nine, he was apprenticed under the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert. Soon after, he was joined in that...

 in Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

. There are some works by this artist, in the style of Reni, in the church of San Barbaziano at Bologna.

According to the RKD there were several painters of this name active around 1650, and it is therefore difficult to attribute works specifically to this artist. His name just means "Hendrik the Fleming" and he is possibly the same person as Hendrick van Someren

Hendrick van Someren

Hendrick van Someren, or Somer , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was the son of the "van Zomeren" who took in the young Adriaen Brouwer after he fled Frans Hals' workshop to try his luck in Amsterdam...

, a pupil of Ribera in Naples who was originally from Amsterdam.