Benedetto Gennari II

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Benedetto Gennari II was an Italian Baroque painter known for his dramatic religious and mythological scenes and for continuing the artistic legacy of the Bolognese school in the 17th century.

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instanceOf Baroque painter
human
painter
activeInCentury 17th century
18th century
birthDate 1633-08-19
birthPlace Cento
continued artistic legacy of the Bolognese school
countryOfCitizenship Italy
deathDate 1715-12-09
deathPlace Bologna
educatedBy Guercino
ethnicGroup Italian
father Ercole Gennari
genre mythological painting
portrait painting
religious painting
hasRelative Gennari family
influencedBy Bolognese classicism
linked to: Bolognese School

Guercino
memberOf Bolognese school
linked to: Bolognese School
movement Baroque
Emilian Baroque
nativeLanguage Italian
notableFor dramatic religious scenes
mythological scenes
portraits of European royalty
notableWork Cleopatra (Benedetto Gennari II)
Portrait of James II of England (Benedetto Gennari II)
The Annunciation (Benedetto Gennari II)
The Penitent Magdalene (Benedetto Gennari II)
occupation painter
patron Catherine of Braganza
James II of England
Louis XIV of France
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sibling Cesare Gennari NERFINISHED
signatureStyle highly finished surfaces
intense emotional expression
studentOf Guercino
style dramatic chiaroscuro
theatrical composition
uncle Guercino
workLocation Bologna
London
linked to: London, England

Modena
Paris

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Guercino influenced Benedetto Gennari II