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Artists

Nicolò dell’Abate

Modenese Mannerist

Francesco Albani

A Fashionable Painter

Amico Aspertini

The 'Half Insane Eccentric'

Marco Berlinghieri

Tuscan Gothic Painter

Bibiena

Family of Baroque Stage Designers

Blu

Bologna's Banksy

Francesco Brizio

A Neglected Artist

Denys Calvaert

'Dionisio Fiammingo', a Fleming in Bologna

Canozzi da Lendinara

Intarsia Masters

Domenico Maria Canuti

Ceiling Illusionist

Girolamo da Carpi

Sophisticated Mannerist Court Painter

The Carracci

Baroque Beginnings

Agostino Carracci

Inventor of the cariacture

Annibale Carracci

Bologna's Baroque All Star

Ludovico Carracci

Cousin of Annibale

Bartolomeo Cesi

Late Mannerist, Early Baroque painter

Carlo Cignani

A Breath of Fresh Air

Angelo Michele Colonna

Prince of Optical Illusions

Correggio

The Master from Parma

Francesco del Cossa

Elegant Early Renaissance Master

Lorenzo Costa

The Bentivogli's Favourite Painter

Giuseppe Maria Crespi

The inimitable 'Lo Spagnuolo'

Donato Creti

Rococo Academian

Girolamo Curti

'Big Tooth'

Domenichino

Supreme Classicist

Dosso Dossi

Late Renaissance Ferrarese Master

Ericailcane

A Modern Surrealist

Pietro Faccini

Dared to be Different

Lavinia Fontana

First Woman to Paint a Female Nude

Prospero Fontana

A Much-travelled Mannerist

Marcantonio Franceschini

Hard-working Fresco Man

Il Francia

Really Francesco Raibolini

Gaetano Gandolfi

Tiepolo-inspired Late Baroque painter

Il Garofalo

Nickname of Mannerist Benevenuto Tisi

Giovanni da Modena

Master of San Petronio's Last Judgment

Guercino

Squint-eyed Baroque Master

Jacopo di Paolo

Medieval Miniaturist and Painter

Lodovico Lana

Painter for the Este, but not the Best

Lippo di Dalmasio

A Local International Gothic Favourite

Lucio Massari

Bolognese Bore

Mastelletta

A Baroque Original

Agostino Mitelli

Mr. Quadratura

Giorgio Morandi

The Intensity of a Still LIfe

Lelio Orsi

Tough Luck Mannerist

Pelagio Palagi

A 'Mania for Antique Things'

Bartolomeo Passarotti

Mannerist With a Twist

Pseudo Jacopino di Francesco

Or Maybe Jacopino da Bologna

Guido Reni

The Divine Guido

Ercole de' Roberti

Elusive Master from Ferrara

Bartolomeo Schedoni

Pupil of Annibale Carracci

Simone de’Crocefissi

International Gothic Master

Leonello Spada

'Caravaggio's Ape'

Alessandro Tiarini

Big Baroque Gestures

Pellegrino Tibaldi

Mannerist Jack of All Trades

Tommaso da Modena

Painter of a Gentle Medieval Realism

Cosmè Tura

Eccentric Renaissance Stylist

Vitale da Bologna

Medieval Master of Madonnas