Alfonso Rivarola
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Alfonso Rivarola (1607-1640) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Ferrara.
He was the pupil of the painter Carlo Bononi. In Ferrara, he painted the Marriage of the Virgin in Santa Maria in Vado. He also painted for a Baptism of St. Agostine for S. Agostino; a Resurrection for the church of the Teatini; a Brazen Serpent for the church of S. Niccolo; and a Martyrdom of S. Catarina for the church of S. Guglielmo. He died in Ferrara.
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