Giacomo Parravicini or Paravicini, also referred to as ''il Gianolo'' (5 June 1660 – 28 February 1729) was an Italian painter, active mainly in

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and the

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Biography

He was born in Caspano, a neighborhood of

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, in the

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, in north Lombardy. He may have journeyed to Rome to study with

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, or more likely was influenced by Maratta's large school of pupils, including Giorgio Bonola, who worked together with Parravicini in painting for the church of

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. Between 1687 and 1688, he painted for the choir and chapel of the archbishop's chapel in Caspano. He also painted for the parish church of

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, and churches in

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, San Carlo and

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.La Valtellina:guida turistica
page 259. He painted some of the Quadroni of St. Charles, large canvases depicting episodes of the life of San Carlo Borromeo for the

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. He also painted in

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and Bìumo Inferiore (Varese).

References

*Short biography at www.icponte.gov.it/ipertesti/signazio/parravic.htm by A. Mazzeo and A. Nesina. 1660 births 1729 deaths 17th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Milan 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub