Ciro Adolfi
Ciro Adolfi (1683–1758) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in and around Bergamo.
Biography[]
He was born in Bergamo, the younger brother of the painter Giacomo Adolfi, and was initially taught by his father Benedetto Adolfi. He completed a number of fresco paintings in the churches and public buildings of Bergamo, including a Four Evangelists for the church of for Sant'Alessandro della Croce; a Deposition from the cross for Santa Maria della Grazie, and a Decollation of St. John for the parish church of Colognola.
References[]
- Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 6.CS1 maint: location (link)
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