Antonio Busca (1625–1686) was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, mainly active in

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

. He was born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

. He trained with Ercole Procaccini, with whom he worked in

and

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

. During 1648–9, under Procaccini, Busca along with Johann Christoph Storer,

il Moncalvo Guglielmo Caccia called il Moncalvo (9 May 15681625) was an Italian painter of sacred subjects in a Mannerism, Mannerist style. Biography He was born in Montabone near Acqui Terme, Acqui. He is said to have been a pupil of Lorenzo Sabbatini. He s ...

, and Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia helped decorate of the ''Chapel of the Crucifix'' in the church of San Marco in Milan. In 1650–51, he traveled to Rome to work with

Giovanni Ghisolfi Giovanni Ghisolfi (1623 – 7 June 1683) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Biography Born in Milan, he initially trained with his uncle, Antonio Volpino. At the age of 17, he traveled to Rome with his friend Antonio Busca where ...

, and collaborated with him at the Sacro Monte of

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

. He was also active in the

Sacro Monte di Orta The Sacro Monte di Orta (literally: "Sacred Mountain of Orta") is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the comune of Orta San Giulio (Piedmont, northern Italy) on the summit of a hill known as San Nicolao, which faces the western shore of Lake ...

. Being much afflicted with the gout, he appears to have been unable to undertake anything with vigor; he sank into a mannered repetition.

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1625 births 1686 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Milan Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub