Francesco Ferrari
Painting, Visual Artist
1634 – 1708
Who was Francesco Ferrari?
Francesco Ferrari was an Italian painter and architect of the Baroque period, active in Ferrara and across Northern Italy and Vienna.
Born near Rovigo, and moved into Ferrara. He had been instructed in figure painting by a Frenchman, and afterwards became professor of architectural and ornamental painting under the Bolognese painter Gabriel Rossi. Ferrari painted The Dispute of S. Cirillo and the Rain granted to the prayer of Elias. He also painted for the Carmine and at S. Giorgio. He worked also for theaters and in different Italian cities as an architect, including in the service of Leopold I. at Vienna. Being constrained to leave Germany on account of his health, he returned to Ferrara.
Among his pupils were Mornassi, Grassaleoni, Paggi, Raffanelli, Giacomo Filippi, and one who surpassed all the rest, Antonfelice Ferrari, his son.
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