Enrico Haffner was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of quadratura during the Baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 period, active mainly in Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

 in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

Enrico was born to a Swiss father, who was a mercenary Swiss guard

Swiss Guard

Swiss Guards or Schweizergarde is the name given to the Swiss soldiers who have served as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century. They have had a high reputation for discipline, as well as loyalty to their employers...

 for the Papacy, stationed in Bologna; Enrico himself rose to become a lieutenant in the force. His younger brother Antonio Maria Haffner (born 1654) also became a painter.

While it is sometimes said the Haffner brothers trained with Canuti, they practiced of quadratura, and seem to have learned more from Baldassare Bianchi

Baldassare Bianchi

Baldassare Bianchi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He was born in Bologna, and was first a pupil of Giovanni Paderna, but after Paderna's death, he trained with Agostino Mitelli, the pre-eminent quadratura painter from Bologna. Bianchi married Mitelli's daughter. Bianchi became a...

 and Giovanni Giacomo Monti

Giovanni Giacomo Monti

Giovanni Giacomo Monti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He trained with Agostino Mitelli, the pre-eminent quadratura painter from Bologna. Monti became a colleague of Baldassare Bianchi, Mitelli's son-in-law. This partnership also met with success particularly at Mantua, where they...

, as well as the influence of Agostino Mitelli

Agostino Mitelli

Agostino Mitelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and best known as a fresco painter of quadratura or illusionistic perspectival architectural frameworks....

. Enrico did traveled with Canuti to Rome and painted in the church of Santi Domenico e Sisto

Santi Domenico e Sisto

Santi Domenico e Sisto is a titular church in Rome. It is located on Largo Angelicum on the Quirinal Hill, and is devoted to Saint Dominic and Saint Sixtus.-History:...

. Returning to Bologna, under the patronage of the Olivetan prior Taddeo Pepoli, Haffner also worked alongside Canuti, at the convent of San Michele in Bosco

San Michele in Bosco

San Michele in Bosco is a religious complex in Bologna, central Italy, including the church with the same name and the annexed Olivetan monastery. The latter was acquired in 1955 by the municipality of Bologna, to house an orthopedic center named....

, including quadratura above the main altar of the church.

Enrico also worked with Marcantonio Franceschini

Marcantonio Franceschini

Marcantonio Franceschini , was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mostly in his native Bologna. He was the father and teacher of Giacomo Franceschini.-Biography :...

 in the church of Corpus Domini and in the Palazzo Marescotti. In November of 1661, he worked for the duke of Modena

Modena

Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....

 for one year, where he was paid a stipend of 130 lire per month. Again in 1696, he worked with Franceschini and Luigi Quaini

Luigi Quaini

Luigi Quaini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He first learned the art of architectural perspective painting from his father, Francesco Quaini, a pupil of Agostino Mitelli. After some training with his father, he became a pupil of Guercino, then of Carlo Cignani . There he met a...

 in completing frescoes for the main hall of the Ducal Palace of Modena

Ducal Palace of Modena

The Ducal Palace of Modena is a Baroque palace in Modena, Italy. It was the residence of the Este Dukes of Modena between 1452 and 1859. It currently houses a portion of the Italian Military Academy.-History:...

. Haffner worked with Giovanni Antonio Burrini

Giovanni Antonio Burrini

Giovanni Antonio Burrini was a Bolognese painter of Late-Baroque or Rococo style. After an apprenticeship with Domenico Maria Canuti, he went to work under Lorenzo Pasinelli with fellow student, Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole. He became an early friend and often close collaborator with Giuseppe Maria...

 in Santi Giovanni Battista dei Celestini. Enrico worked with Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole

Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole

Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole was an Italian painter and engraver from Bologna, active in the late-Baroque period....

in the Palazzo Bianconcini.

Enrico also painted in Savona in the church of Spirito Santo, in the palazzo Gavoti, and in the Balbi Chapel.