Gabriello Ferrantini

Gabriello Ferrantini
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque

Gabriello Ferrantini, also known as Gabriel degli Occhiali, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna who flourished in a period beginning in 1644. 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.

References

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