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Pier Francesco Cavazza

Italian painter and art collector From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pier Francesco Cavazza
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Pier Francesco Cavazza (1675 14 October 1755) was an Italian painter and art collector, active in his native Bologna.

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Deposizione, 1712, San Domenico, Bologna

History

He trained in Bologna under Giovanni Maria Viani, where he was influenced by the works of Guercino. Unlike other Viani pupils, he became less interested in painting, and accumulated a large collection of engravings and drawings. Upon his death, the collection was dispersed. Cavazza died in Bologna.[1]

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