Orazio Talami

Talami was born and died in Reggio Emilia. He was a pupil of the painter Pietro Desani. He may have also spent some years of his youth working with Leonello Spada. He painted a for the presbytery of the Cathedral at Reggio; he painted Cathedra of St Peter for the church of San Prospero in Reggio, a St Francis Xavier and the Redemption of the Blessed Slaves for San Giacomo; a St Phillip Benizzi for the Basilica della Ghiara; a St Joseph for the church of San Giorgio; a St Michele for the church of San Bartolommeo; a St Contardo for the church of San Nazzaro; a St Peter in Chains for the church of San Agostino; and Three Magi for San Filippo Neri in Reggio. He ceased to paint after 1699.{{cite book | first= Girolamo|last= Tiraboschi| year=1786| title= Notizie de' pittori, scultori, incisori, e architetti natii degli stati del Serenissimo Signor Duca di Modena| pages= [https://archive.org/details/notiziedepittori00tira/page/336 336] | publisher= Presso la Societa' Tipografica |location=Modena | url= https://archive.org/details/notiziedepittori00tira }}

The painters Jacopo BaccariniJR Hobbes. and Mattia Benedetti were among his pupils.

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• {{cite book | first= James R.|last= Hobbes| year=1849| title= Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur| pages= 73 | publisher= T&W Boone |location=London | url= https://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:picture+intitle:collector's }}

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Category:1624 births

Category:1708 deaths

Category:Painters from Bologna

Category:17th-century Italian painters

Category:Italian male painters

Category:18th-century Italian painters

Category:Italian Baroque painters

Category:18th-century Italian male artists

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