Arcangelo Resani
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Arcangelo Resani was an Italian
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 painter of the Baroque
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 period. He was born at Rome
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 and was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Boncuore. He chiefly excelled in painting animals and hunted game. His simple realistic works were highly esteemed at Siena
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, Bologna
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, and Venice
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. His portrait, with dead game in the background, is in the Uffizi collection.

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