Gerolamo Pesci (1679–1759) 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. He was born in

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. He painted an

altarpiece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ...

depicting ''Saints Dominic, Francis of Paola and Leonardo worshipping the Holy Trinity'' for the Cathedral of St Peter the Apostle of Zagarolo. He painted a ''San Carlo and other Saints'' for the church of San Filippo in San Severino Marche.Marche Beni Culturali
church of

San Filippo, San Severino Marche San Filippo is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Massarelli in central San Severino Marche, region of Marche, Italy. History The church was built in 1620 by Filippini priests from the Sanctuary della Madonna dei Lumi. It was bu ...

. He also painted in 1721 a portrait of

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, now at

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1679 births 1759 deaths Painters from Rome Italian Baroque painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub