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Gabriello Ferrantini

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Gabriello Ferrantini
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque

Gabriello Ferrantini, also known as Gabriel degli Occhiali, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna in the late 16th and early 17th century. He was a pupil of the painter Denis Calvaert and Francesco Gessi. Among his pupils were Matteo Borboni and Michelangelo Colonna. Ferrantini was primarily known for painted sacred figures using the Fresco technique.[1]

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  1. ^ James, Ralph (1896). Painters and their works: a dictionary of great artists who are not now alive, giving their names, lives, and the prices paid for their works at auctions (Volume 2 ed.). London, L. U. Gill. p. 331. Retrieved 7 October 2016.