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Benedetto Possenti

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Benedetto Possenti (active in the 17th century) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly as a battle painter, as well of seaports, landscapes, and festivals. He was a pupil of the Carracci. His son, Giovanni Pietro Possenti, was also a painter of similar themes.

References

  • Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 311.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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