{"title":"Cignani, Carlo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarlo Cignani (1628-1719)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an Italian painter. His innovative style referred to as his 'new manner', introduced a reflective, intimate mood of painting and presaged the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, as well as those of Simone Cantarini. This gentle manner marked a break with the more energetic style of earlier Bolognese classicism of the Bolognese School of painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was born to a family of noble ancestry, but limited resources, in Bologna. His father's first name was Pompeo, and his mother, Maddalena Quaini.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Bologna, he studied first under Battista Cairo and later under Francesco Albani, to whom he remained closely allied, and was his most famous disciple. His first noted commission was a St Paul exorcising a demon for the church of the Gesu in Bologna. For a hall dedicated to the Farnese in the Palazzo Publico, he painted with Taruffi, depicting the Francis, king of France, curing Scrofula on his entry to Bologna and the Entry of Paul III Farnese to Bologna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was also strongly influenced by the genius of Correggio and by the masterworks by Melozzo da Forlì. For instance, his masterpiece, the Assumption of the Virgin, around the cupola of the church of the Madonna del Fuoco at Forlì, is inspired by Correggio's frescoes in the cupola of the Cathedral of Parma and by Melozzo's perspective from down to up. These frescoes occupied Cignani for some twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1681 Cignani returned to Bologna from Parma. He opened an Accademia del nudo for painting from models and had as one of his pupils Giuseppe Maria Crespi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis elaborate finish and his audacious artificiality in the use of colour and in composition mark Albani's influence. Despite that, he imparted to his work more of an intellectual character than his mentors. As a man Cignani was eminently amiable, unassuming and generous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe accepted no honors offered him by the duke of Parma, but lived and died an artist. In 1686 he moved to Forlì, where he died. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis son Felice Cignani (1660-1724) and nephew Paolo Cignani (1709-1764) were also painters. His most noted pupils were Marcantonio Franceschini and Federico Bencovich. Other pupils include Giacomo Boni, Andrea and Francesco Bondi; Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi; Girolamo Domini; Pietro Donzelli; Francesco Galli; Bonaventura Lamberti; Giovanni Battista Loreti; Matteo Zamboni; Camilla Lauteri; Stefano Maria Legnani; Giovanni Battista Loreti; Charles Lucy (1692 - after 1767), Francesco Mancini; Paolo Antonio Paderna., and Sante Vandi.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cignani-carlo-1628-1719-shepherd-shepherdess-1660s-70s","title":"Cignani, Carlo (1628-1719) - Shepherd \u0026 Shepherdess 1660s-70s","description":"\u003cp\u003ePainting by the Italian artist Carlo Cignani.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in JPEG format, that is 600dpi and 4536 pixels wide by 3584 pixels tall.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca title=\"Carlo Cignani\" href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/cignani-carlo\"\u003eCarlo Cignani\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53555093209418,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Cignani_Carlo_1628-1719_-Shepherd_Shepherdess1660s-70s_main.jpg?v=1765333206"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Cignani_Carlo_1628-1719-1240175.jpg?v=1765333103","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/cignani-carlo.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}