Graziani, Ercole

Graziani, Ercole

the Younger, an eminent Bolognese painter, was born in 1688, and studied under Donato Creti. He painted an immense number of works for the Bolognese churches, among which is the celebrated. picture of St. Peter Consecrating St. Apollinare. There are other works by him at Rome, The Ascension and The Annunciation in La Purita. He died in 1765. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.