Benedetto Gennari
Italian painter
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| Intro | Italian painter | ||
| A.K.A. | Benedetto le vieux Gennari Benedetto Gennari Seniore Benedetto Gennari the Elder I Gennari | ||
| A.K.A. | Benedetto le vieux Gennari Benedetto Gennari Seniore Benedetto Gennari the Elder I Gennari | ||
| Places | Italy | ||
| was | Painter | ||
| Work field | Arts | ||
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| Birth | 1 January 1563, Cento, Province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | ||
| Death | 1 January 1658Cento, Province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (aged 95 years) | ||
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Benedetto Gennari (1563–1658) was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period, active mainly in Ferrara and Cento.
His birthplace is poorly recorded. He adopted a style influenced by Caravaggio, and by age 19, was working in the household of Mirandola in Cento. In that town, he helped decorate the Palazzo della communita and the church of Spirito Santo. Guercino became his apprentice in 1607. His nephews Benedetto II Gennari and Cesare Gennari, sons of his brother Ercole Gennari, were also painters.