Ciro Adolfi

{{Short description|Italian painter (1683–1758)}}

Ciro Adolfi (1683–1758) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in and around Bergamo.

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

  • {{cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1886| title=Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical |volume=I A-K |editor=Robert Edmund Graves |page=6 | publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ}}

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Category:1683 births

Category:1758 deaths

Category:17th-century Italian painters

Category:Italian male painters

Category:18th-century Italian painters

Category:Painters from Bergamo

Category:Italian Baroque painters

Category:18th-century Italian male artists

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