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Giovanni Francesco Surchi (died c. 1590) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period active in Ferrara. He was also called il Dielai or il Dialai his father’s nickname which derives from the Venetian exclamation of Dio l’ajuti or God help us. Giovanni Francesco the son of Zanobio who was a pupil of Dosso Dossi. Orlandi found him facile with figures and grotteschi and having a predilection for bizarre decoration.