Francesco Ferrari (painter)
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Francesco Ferrari was an Italian
painter and architect of the Baroque
period, active in Ferrara
and across Northern Italy and Vienna
.
Born near Rovigo
, and moved into Ferrara. He had been instructed in figure painting by a Frenchman, and afterwards became professor of architectural and ornamental painting under the Bolognese painter Gabriel Rossi. Ferrari painted The Dispute of S. Cirillo and the Rain granted to the prayer of Elias (in the church of S. Paolo). He also painted for the Carmine and at S. Giorgio. He worked also for theaters and in different Italian cities as an architect, including in the service of Leopold I. at Vienna
. Being constrained to leave Germany on account of his health, he returned to Ferrara.
Among his pupils were Mornassi, Grassaleoni, Paggi, Raffanelli, Giacomo Filippi, and one who surpassed all the rest, Antonfelice Ferrari, his son.
Italy
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painter and architect 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 Ferrara
Ferrara
Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
and across Northern Italy and Vienna
Vienna
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.
Born near Rovigo
Rovigo
Rovigo is a town and comune in the Veneto region of North-Eastern Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. -Geography:...
, and moved into Ferrara. He had been instructed in figure painting by a Frenchman, and afterwards became professor of architectural and ornamental painting under the Bolognese painter Gabriel Rossi. Ferrari painted The Dispute of S. Cirillo and the Rain granted to the prayer of Elias (in the church of S. Paolo). He also painted for the Carmine and at S. Giorgio. He worked also for theaters and in different Italian cities as an architect, including in the service of Leopold I. at Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. Being constrained to leave Germany on account of his health, he returned to Ferrara.
Among his pupils were Mornassi, Grassaleoni, Paggi, Raffanelli, Giacomo Filippi, and one who surpassed all the rest, Antonfelice Ferrari, his son.