Bernardo Rachetti (1639–1702) 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, active as a painter of imaginary

vedute A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''. Origins This genre ...

. 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 ...

, the nephew and scholar of

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 ...

. He painted architectural views and perspectives ( capricci) in the style of his instructor, for whose pictures Racchetti's are not infrequently mistaken. They usually represent seaports embellished with magnificent buildings.

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* 1639 births 1702 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Milan Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub