Girolamo Baruffaldi
(17 July 1675 - 31 March 1755) |
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Girolamo Baruffaldi |
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Ferrara, |
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Italian |
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17 July 1675 |
| Death: |
31 March 1755 |
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priest, poet and art historian |
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Biography
| He first studied at the Jesuit seminary in Ferrara and then with his father Nicolo Baruffaldi (1645-1748), a scholar and collector. He became a priest, a doctor of philosophy and a member of the literary Colonia Ferrarese dellArcadia, and published historical dissertations and poems under the name Cluento Nettunio. In 1704 he announced that he was working on his Vite de pittori e scultori ferraresi, on which he remained engaged throughout his life, although it was not published until 1844-6. It is the first example of a work on Ferrarese art history and is still valid despite certain inaccuracies and examples of bias (in particular his judgement on Cosimo Tura). He also wrote other works on art in Ferrara and Cento. He was exiled to the Veneto for political reasons (1711-13) and returned home, where he took up a variety of university and ecclesiastical appointments. As arch-priest of Cento he devoted himself wholeheartedly to his pastoral duties, became a protector of artists and, with the architect Alfonso Torreggiani, he rebuilt the collegiate church. When he died he left more than 250 manuscripts, both published and unpublished. |
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