Luigi Quaini was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the Baroque

Baroque

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 period.
He first learned the art of architectural perspective painting from his father, Francesco Quaini

Francesco Quaini

Francesco Quaini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Born in Bologna, he started as a pupil of the renowned quadratura master, Agostino Mitelli. Working together with Marcantonio Franceschini, In Bologna, Francesco painted in several public buildings, including the decoration of the Sala...

, a pupil of Agostino Mitelli

Agostino Mitelli

Agostino Mitelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and best known as a fresco painter of quadratura or illusionistic perspectival architectural frameworks....

. After some training with his father, he became a pupil of Guercino, then of Carlo Cignani

Carlo Cignani

Carlo Cignani was an Italian painter of the Bolognese and of the Forlivese school, active in the Baroque period....

 (his cousin). There he met a fellow pupil, Marcantonio Franceschini

Marcantonio Franceschini

Marcantonio Franceschini , was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mostly in his native Bologna. He was the father and teacher of Giacomo Franceschini.-Biography :...

. He became the brother-in-law of the latter, and collaborated with him in works at Bologna, Modena

Modena

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, Piacenza

Piacenza

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, Genoa

Genoa

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 and Rome

Rome

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.Franceschini supplied the figures and Quaini, the landscapes and architecture.

In Rome, he helped compose some of the designs for mosaics in the dome of St. Peter's Basilica

St. Peter's Basilica

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. Quaini also completed several altarpieces, including a Visitation for the church of San Giuseppe at 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,...

, a Pietà for the church in La Carità, and a San Nicolò visited by the Virgin for the church of San Niccolò.