• Was an Italian painter.
• He was the grandson of Benedetto Gennari, and older brother of Cesare Gennari.
• His father was Ercole Gennari and mother Lucia Barbieri.
• He trained at the workshop of the celebrated master,
Guercino.
• Upon Guercino's death, Gennari inherited his studio which he ran with his brother Cesare.
• With a restless spirit, Gennari traveled to Paris in March 1672 to work for the court of King Louis XIV.
• In September 1674, he moved to London where he became court painter to King Charles II of England and his successor James II.
• He painted allegorical and mythological scenes, and above all portraits.
• Catherine of Braganza and Mary of Modena, Catholic wives of Protestant kings, commissioned artworks for their private worship.
• Gennari had to leave England when King James was dethroned; he followed James's court to Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1689.
• By 1692, he was back in Bologna.
• In 1709, he was one of the founding members of the Accademia Clementina.
Benedetto Gennari II, Elizabeth Panton, Later Lady Arundell of Wardour, as Saint Catherine, 1689
Original, Tate Britain, London. Visited in 2018. 
Benedetto Gennari II, Elizabeth Panton, Later Lady Arundell of Wardour, as Saint Catherine, 1689
Benedetto Gennari II, Elizabeth Panton, Later Lady Arundell of Wardour, as Saint Catherine, 1689
