Giovanni Lanfranco

Place: Parma

Born: 1582

Death: 1647

Biography:

Giovanni Lanfranco (26 January 1582 – 30 November 1647) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Giovanni Gaspare Lanfranco was born in Parma, the third son of Stefano and Cornelia Lanfranchi, and was placed as a page in the household of Count Orazio Scotti. His talent for drawing allowed him to begin an apprenticeship with the Bolognese artis...