Francesco Boccaccino (c. 1680–1750) 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 ...

. He was born at

Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

. He studied at

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, first under Giacinto Brandi, and afterwards worked in the studio of

Carlo Maratta Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition ...

. The Cremonese Antonio Beltrami was one of Boccaccino's pupils.

Gallery

File:Francesco boccaccino, sacra famiglia.jpg, ''The Holy Family'' File:Francesco boccaccino, miracolo dei pani serviti dagli angeli ai primi domenicani, 01.jpg, ''Miracle of the Loaves Served by Angels to the First Dominicans'' File:Francesco sigismondo boccaccino, il crocifisso parla a s. pietro martire, 1697.jpg, ''The Crucifix Speaks to St. Peter the Martyr,'' 1697 File:Francesco boccaccino, sacrificio d'isacco.jpg, ''Sacrifice of Issac'' File:Francesco boccaccino, assunzione della vergine.jpg, ''Assumption of the Virgin''

References

* 1680 births 1750 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Cremona Italian Baroque painters Pupils of Carlo Maratta 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub