Ercole Procaccini the Elder (1520 – 1595) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, mainly active in Milan.
He was born in Bologna. He painted an Annunciation for the church of San Benedetto, a Conversion of St. Paul and a Christ in the Garden for San Giacomo Maggiore, a St. Michael defeating the rebel Angels for San Bernardo, and a Deposition from the Cross for the church of Santo Stefano. Ercole established an academy at Milan, which became celebrated in his time, and, besides his own sons ( Carlo Antonio, Giulio Cesare and Camillo turned out distinguished artists of the Milan school. The painter Ercole Procaccini the Younger was Carlo Antonio's son.
References
- Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong; Robert Edmund Graves (eds.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 324.
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