Aureliano Milani

Aureliano Milani (1675-1749) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active in Bologna and Rome.

He was a pupil of Cesare Gennari and Lorenzo Pasinelli in Bologna, although he also adhered to a style derived from the Carracci. He took up his residence in Rome, being ill able to support a family of ten children at Bologna. He painted a "Beheaded St. John the Baptist" for the church of the Bergamaschi in Rome. In Rome, he abounded with commissions, and was promoted with Domenico Maria Muratori and Donato Creti. Aureliano also taught during many years at Bologna, and among other pupils of his was the celebrated Giuseppe Marchesi (called "il Sansone"), and Antonio Gionima.

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*cite book| first=Luigi| last=Lanzi|authorlink= Luigi Lanzi| year=1847| title= History of Painting in Italy;From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century (Volume III)| editor = Thomas Roscoe (translator)| pages= page 152-3| publisher= Henry G. Bohn|location=London; Original from Oxford University, Digitized January, 2007| id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=k0sGAAAAQAAJ&dq=luigi+lanzi