Giorgio Anselmi (5 April 1723 – 30 March 1797)treccani.it - L'Enciclopedia Italiana
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, he studied with

Antonio Balestra Antonio Balestra (12 August 1666 – 21 April 1740) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period. Biography Born in Verona, he first apprenticed there with Giovanni Zeffio. By 1690 he moved to Venice, where he worked for three years under Anto ...

and worked mainly in

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and

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with frescoes and oil works. He painted the dome of

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and some rooms of

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. He died in

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, from a fall while painting the dome of the local cathedral.

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*''Studi sopra la storia della pittura italiana dei secoli xiv e xv e della scuola pittorica.'' By Cesare Bernasconi 1723 births 1797 deaths Painters from Verona 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Rococo painters 18th-century Italian people Accidental deaths from falls 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub