Bartolomeo Gennari
Bartolomeo Gennari (10 July 1594 – 29 January 1661) was an
Biography
Gennari was the son of the painter Benedetto Gennari and Giulia Bovi. His baptism was recorded in the collegiate church of San Biagio in Cento:
Io Ercole Dondini Arciprete etc. ho battizato Bertolomio filiolo di M. Benedetto Genari et la Consorte Mad. Julia Buovi, et fu tenuto da M. Agustino di Faci et la Comar Mad. Jacoma Burgnona li 10 de Julio 1594.[1]
Together with his younger brother Ercole Gennari (1597-1658), he was a lifetime associate of the baroque painter Guercino, from whom, he copied several works. He died in Bologna and was buried in the church of San Nicolò of Bologna Albari.
Works
Among his works are Saint Thomas, which was formerly displayed the church of the Most Holy Rosary of Hundred and is now in the
References
- JA Calvi, News of the life and works of the knight Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Guercino, Bologna 1808
- The School of Guercino, edited by E. Negro, M. and N. Pirondini Roio, with a preface by DM Stone, Modena 2004 ISBN 88-7792-095-5
- ^ In J. A. Calvi, Notizie della vita ... 1808, p. 51