• Was an Italian painter. • Emilia is a historic region of Italy, known today as the Emilia. • Some of the most famous painters from this region in the 16th century include: Dosso Dossi of the School of Ferrara. • Benvenuto Tisi called Il Garofalo also of the School of Ferrara. • The best know group of painters from Bologna during the 16th century were the Carracci Family. • Ludovico Carracci and his cousins, the brothers Annibale Carracci and Agostino Carracci founded the Accademia degli Incamminati, or Eclectic Academy of painting. • This studio helped establish Emilian artists and specifically the Bolognese School of painting in the major centers of art such as Rome.
• Other well known 16th Century Emilian artists, influential to the Bolognese School were Amico Aspertini and Prospero Fontana.