Giovanni Antonio Burrini (1656–1727) was a Bolognese

Bolognese School (painting)

The Bolognese School or the School of Bologna of painting flourished in Bologna, the capital of Emilia Romagna, between the 16th and 17th centuries in Italy, and rivalled Florence and Rome as the center of painting. Its most important representatives include the Carracci family, including Ludovico...

 painter of Late-Baroque or Rococo style. After an apprenticeship with Domenico Maria Canuti

Domenico Maria Canuti

Domenico Maria Canuti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Rome.Born in Bologna, Canuti first trained in that city under Guido Reni, then with Guercino. He painted many ceiling and wall frescoes...

, he went to work under Lorenzo Pasinelli

Lorenzo Pasinelli

Lorenzo Pasinelli was an Italian painter from Bologna of the Baroque period, who trained in the studio of Simone Cantarini....

 with fellow student, 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....

. He became an early friend and often close collaborator with Giuseppe Maria Crespi, with whom he shared a studio. He became a rival and competitor with Sebastiano Ricci

Sebastiano Ricci

Sebastiano Ricci was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesque style of grand manner fresco painting.-Early years:He was born in Belluno, son...

. He painted in Turin

Turin

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 for the Carignano family and Novellara

Novellara

Novellara is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, with some 13,500 inhabitants. It is 19 km north of Reggio Emilia and has a railway station for the local train going from Reggio to Guastalla.-History:...

. In 1709, he was one of the founding members of the Accademia Clementina in Bologna.

Partial Anthology of Works

• Joseph Interpreting Dreams (Muzeum, Warsaw
  Warsaw
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• Samson and Delilah
• Martyrdom of Saint Victoria
• Fresco Cycle (Villa Albergata, Zola Predosa)
• Martyrdom Of Saint Euphemia (1686, Chiesa Saint Euphemia, Ravenna)
• Frescoes (Palazzo Ruini, Bologna)
• Frescoes (San Giovanni Battista dei Celestini, Bologna)
• Susannah and the Elders (Pinacoteca, Bologna)
• Sacrifice of Isaac (Louvre, Paris)
• Orpheus and Eurydice (1697)
• Frescoes (1695, San Bartolomeo, Bologna)
• Martyrdom Of Saint Catherine (Santa Caterina di Saragozza, Bologna)
• Immaculate Virgin with Saints Petronius & Dionysius the Areopagite (1684, Chiesa Parrochiale, Monghidoro)http://www.jstor.org/view/00076287/ap030496/03a00060/0
• Adoration of the Magi (Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• Bacchus and Ariadne (Private Collection)
• Herminia and the Shepherds (Pinacoteca, Bologna)http://www.pinacotecabologna.it/visita/quadro1.php?n_opera=63
• Infant Jesus, Saint Joseph, and three saints (Louvre) http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/revue-inv/001/pc001.html