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Italian painter. He was an important figure in the development of the baroque style. His best-known work is the fresco Aurora (1613–14; Casino Rospigliosi, Rome), a work which shows the strong influence of the classicism of the Carracci.
He first studied in Bologna under the Flemish painter Denis Calvaert, but afterwards entered the academy of the Carracci and became one of the principal adherents of Annibale Carracci. He went to Rome about 1600, where, though belonging to an opposite camp, he seems to have been influenced to some extent by Caravaggio. He was, however, more greatly impressed by Raphael Sanzio and antique sculpture, developing a sophisticated classicism of his own.
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