Benedetto Gennari

Benedetto Gennari, Supper at Emmaus, 1628

Benedetto Gennari (1563–1658)^[1] was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period, active mainly in Ferrara and Cento.

His birthplace is poorly recorded. He adopted a style influenced by Caravaggio, and by age 19, was working in the household of Mirandola in Cento. In that town, he helped decorate the Palazzo della communita and the church of Spirito Santo. Guercino became his apprentice in 1607.^[2] His nephews Benedetto II Gennari and Cesare Gennari, sons of his brother Ercole Gennari, were also painters.

References

1. "ULAN Record: Gennari, Benedetto (Italian painter, 1563-1658)". Union list of Artist Names. 500012052. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
2. Griswold, William M. (Spring 1991). "Guercino". Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 48(4): 6

• Camillo Laderchi (1856). La pittura ferrarese, memorie (in Italian). Oxford University. pp. 158–159.