Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo

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Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo (1602- July 3, 1665) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born and mainly active in Ferrara.

He initially trained with Scarsellino in Ferrara, then spent some time in Bologna, where he may have worked under Reni. After the death of his father, he returned to Ferrara. He is described as prone to carrying a sword, hunting, and brawls, and after injuring a soldier, was forced to seek refuge to a monastery (San Francesco) where he was employed, in painting frescoes. In 1654, he traveled to Rome in the patronage of Cardinal Carlo Pio. Among his works are paintings of the passion, a Crown of thorns and a Flagellation (1624), in San Giorgio in the lateral altar of the chapel of the Crucifix, painted after an earthquake affleicted the town. He painted a St. Matthew destroys the idols for the church of Santo Spirito; a Prayer in the garden of Gesthemane for the chorus of the church of San Benedetto; a St. Louis rejecting the Ducal crown initially for the Gesu, later in the church San Stefano.