He was born in Cotignola and worked in Parma and Ravenna.
His brother Francesco da Cotignola was also a painter, and he is possibly related to Girolamo Marchesi as well.
One work executed by Bernardino Zaganelli Saint Sebastian is part of the National Gallery collection in London.
[1] One of his pupils in Ferrara was thought to be Antonio Pirri.
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