Antonio Francesco Peruzzini (1643 or 1646 – 1724)

• Was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.

• He was born in Ancona, son of Domenico, a painter.

• His works often included capricci, similar to those seen in works by Marco Ricci. 

• Peruzzini travelled prior to 1687 to Venice, Bologna, Modena, Parma, Casale Monferrato and Turin.

• He stayed in Bologna from 1682 to 1686, where he worked in collaboration with Sebastiano Ricci and Giovanni Antonio Burrini.

• In 1703, he moved to Tuscany, patronized by Ferdinand de' Medici, and he worked with Alessandro Magnasco, painting landscapes for the painter known for his small figures.

• Together they painted Landscape with frati penitenti di Stockholm or Landscape with St Francis in Ecstasy now in the Uffizi.

• He followed Magnasco to Milan in 1712–13, and they continued collaborations until 1720–25.

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