Bolognese school
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The Bolognese school of painting, also known as the school of Bologna, flourished between the 16th and 17th centuries in Bologna, which rivalled Florence and Rome as the centre of painting in Italy.
Annibale Carracci, the Cyclops Polyphemus in his frescos for the Palazzo Farnese
Portrait likely to be of Isabella d'Este, attributed to Francesco Francia, 1511
Deposition of Christ by Prospero Fontana, 1563
Domenichino, Saint Cecilia Distributing Alms, fresco, 1612–15, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
Annibale Carracci
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Annibale Carracci was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his younger brother Agostino Carracci and elder cousin Ludovico Carracci, Annibale was one of t
Bolognese school
…in Italy. Its most important representatives include the Carracci family, including Ludovico Carracci and his two cousins, the brothers Agostino and Annibale Carracci. Later, it included other Baroque painters: Domenichino and Lanfranco, active mostly in Rome, eventually Guercino and Guido Reni, and Accademia degli…
Self-portrait, c. 1580
Pietà between 1599 and 1600
Self-portrait
Portrait of Giacomo Filippo Turrini