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Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574–1625)

• Was an Italian painter and sculptor of the early Baroque era in Milan.
• Born in Bologna he was son of the painter Ercole Procaccini the Elder.
• His brothers were of Camillo Procaccini and Carlo Antonio Procaccini.
• The family moved to Milan around 1585 with the help of the rich art collector Pirro Visconti.
• He began as a sculptor in the Cathedral and in the Milanese church of Santa Maria presso San Celso.
• In 1610 he painted six of the Quadroni, large canvases celebrating Saint Charles Borromeo.
• He worked with Giovanni Battista Crespi and Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli following the directions of Cardinal Federico Borromeo.
• He also painted small religious canvases for rich families, in Milan and in Genoa. 
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