- Santi Prunati
Santi Prunati (1652 or 1656- 27 November, 1728) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque era, born and mainly active inVerona .He was born to Antonio Prunati, and baptized by September 22. Originally studied with a painter by the name of Voltolino, then with
Biagio Falcieri . At age 19, he traveled toVicenza to paint in the choir of San Jacopo and paint an altarpiece of San Antonio for the church of S. Felice. He then traveled to Venice to work in the studio ofGiovanni Carlo Loth .He then traveled to Bologna to paint in various churches. He also traveled to
Turin to paint in the palace of the Marchese de Pianezza. He also painted inBergamo . A "Last Supper" originally painted for St. Thomas Apostle, was found in the museum of Verona. He painted a "Holy family with Saints Anne, young John the Baptist, and Donor Dal Pozzo" for the apse of the church of San Lorenzo in Verona (likely copy of an earlier Raphael). His son, Michelangelo Prunati was also a painter. Among his pupils wasAntonio Mela ,Felice Torelli ,Giovanni Battista Rubini (painter) , andFelice Cappelletti .References
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