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Stefano Felice Ficatelli

Stefano Felice Ficatelli

Italian painter (1686–1771)

Stefano Felice Ficatelli (8 April 1686 – 5 September 1771) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period.

Biography

He was born in Cento. He is described as a fertile copyist of Guercino works, who painted for churches in Ferrara.[1]

He was the son of Giuseppe Maria (1639 – 1703) of Cento, from whom he inherited a studio, and who had trained with Cesare Gennari, Guercino's nephew. His brother Paolo Antonio was also a painter and copyist of Guercino.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    The History of Painting in Italy, by Luigi Lanzi, translated by Thomas Roscoe, page 113.
  2. [2]
    Girolamo Baruffaldi (1844). Vite de' pittori e scultori ferraresi: con annotazioni, Volume 1. Domenico Taddei, Ferrara. p. 580.


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