CIGNANI, CARLO (1628-171g), Italian painter, was born at Bologna, where he studied under Battista Cairo, and after wards under Francesco Albani. Though an intimate friend of the latter and his most famous disciple, Cignani was yet strongly and deeply influenced by the genius of Correggio. His greatest work, the "Assumption of the Virgin," round the cupola of the church of the Madonna della Fuoca at Forli, is in some respects one of the most remarkable works of art of the 17th century, and is obviously inspired from the more renowned fresco of Correg gio in the cupola of the cathedral of Parma. He removed to Forli, where he died in 171 g. His most famous pictures, in addi tion to the Assumption, are: the "Entry of Paul III. into Bolog na"; the "Francois I. Touching for King's Evil" ; a "Power of Love," painted under a fine ceiling by Agostino Carracci, on the walls of a room in the ducal palace at Parma ; an "Adam and Eve" (at The Hague) ; and two of "Joseph and Potiphar's Wife" (at Dresden and Copenhagen). His son Felice (166o-1724) and nephew Paolo (1709-64) were also painters.