Complex sentence: Ludovico Lipparini (1800-1856) was an Italian painter was born at Bologna, and was instructed in that city, where he brought himself into notice at the age of fifteen.
Split into simpler sentences: Ludovico Lipparini (1800-1856) was an Italian painter. He was born at Bologna, and was instructed in that city, where he brought himself into notice at the age of fifteen.