• Pietro Faccini was an Italian painter, draughtsman and printmaker.
• Born in Bologna, he only started to study painting when he was already older.
• He was initially involved in commerce but apprenticed in the Carracci academy with
Ludovico and
Annibale Carracci commencing around 1583.
• In 1594, he left the Carracci academy and set up his own academy.
• Annibale Castelli, Agostino Masucci, Domenico Maria Mirandola, and Giovanni Maria Tamburini were among his pupils.
• He was prolific as a draughtsman working in a variety of media, including pen and ink, watercolour, and red chalk.