- Bartolommeo Ramenghi
Bartolommeo Ramenghi, also called "Bagnacavallo" (1484-1542) was an Italian painter of the
Renaissance , active inEmilia-Romagna .He received the nickname, Bagnacavallo, from the little village, near
Ferrara , where he was born. He studied first underFrancesco Francia andLorenzo Costa . He then proceeded to Rome, where he became a pupil of Raphael. While studying under him he worked along with many others at the decoration of the gallery in the Vatican, though it is not known which portions are his work.He became a prominent local artist on his return to
Bologna . His works were later highly esteemed byGuido Reni and theCarracci . Among his works made in Bologna were a "Dispute of St Augustine" and a "Madonna and Child".He died in Bologna. He is also called "il Bagnacavallo" or "il Baruffaldi". One of his pupils was
Cesare Aretusi .References
*cite book | author= Camillo Laderchi| year=1856| title= La pittura ferrarese, memorie| chapter= | editor= | others= | pages= 103-104| publisher= Googlebooks| id= | url= | authorlink=
Works
* Madonna and Child with Saints Johns the Evangelist and the Baptist; Francis; Clare; Catherine; The Magdalen (1563); The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine (1543-6) at the Pinacoteca of Bologna [http://www.pinacotecabologna.it/collezione/ricerca/collRicerca2.php?autore_search=113&secolo_search=1500] .
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