Carlo Polucci or Palucci (1650 - January 18, 1743) was an Italian painter, active in a

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 ...

style.

Biography

He was born to an aristocratic family in

Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno (; la, Asculum; dialetto ascolano: Ascule) is a town and ''comune'' in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is around 46,000 but the urban area of the city has more than 93,000. Geo ...

, but desired to become a painter and that led him to training under Ludovico Trasi, and after the former's passing, to work with Giuseppe Giosafatti. He is better known for his pupils in Ascoli, than for his works. He is buried in Sant'Agostino in Ascoli.Descrizione Delle Pitture Sculture Architetture ed altre cose rare Della Insigne Citta delle Ascoli nelle Marca
by Baldassarre Orsini, Stamperia Baduelliana, Perugia, 1790. page 239-240.

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1650 births 1743 deaths People from the Province of Ascoli Piceno 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub