Camillo Rizzi

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Camillo Rizzi (or Ricci) (1590–1626)[https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/camillo-ricci_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Treccani] was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Ferrara. He was a pupil of the painter Ippolito Scarsella.

Born at Ferrara, he was mainly active producing altarpieces for the churches of Ferrara including a S. Vincenzo and Santa Margherita for the cathedral ; an Annunciation for the church of Spirito Santo ; and his ceiling in the church of S. Niccolo, representing in eighty-four compartments, the Life and miracles of San Niccolo. Ricci died at Ferrara.

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  • {{cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title=Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical |volume=II L-Z |editor=Walter Armstrong |editor2=Robert Edmund Graves |page=371 | publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&q=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers&pg=PA1}}

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Category:1590 births

Category:1626 deaths

Category:Painters from Ferrara

Category:Italian male painters

Category:17th-century Italian painters

Category:Italian Renaissance painters

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