Alessandro Tiarini (1577–1668)

• Was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School.
• He was born in Bologna.
• His mother died when he was a child, and he was raised by an aunt.
• He was the godson of painter Lavinia Fontana and initially apprenticed in Bologna under her father Prospero Fontana, and subsequently with Bartolomeo Cesi.
• Forced to flee from Bologna, due to what Malvasia and Amorini describe as a quarrel leading to the death of the other party, he moved to Florence, where he painted frescoes, façade decorations.
• In Florence, he mainly worked under Domenico Passignano, but also Bernardino Poccetti and Jacopo da Empoli.
• He was lured back to Bologna and Reggio Emilia, by Ludovico Carracci.
• Tiarini died in Bologna.
• His closest pupils were Francesco Carbone and Luca Barbieri.
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