Luigi Lanzi identified Guido Reni, Malvasia, Francesco Albani, and the historian Pagnanelli, Guercino.
All however developed from the Bolognese-Roman circle of painters emerging from the studio or followers of Annibale and Ludovico Carracci.
[1] Compagnoni moved to Rome where he became a professor (academic) of the Accademia di San Luca.
He was also named Knight or Cavaliere of the Order of Santo Stefano d’Ungheria in 1629.
He is mainly identified as the author of the heraldic shield for the Accademia dei Catenati in Macerata.