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Giovanni Battista Langetti (1625–1676), also known as Giambattista Langetti, was an Italian late-
Giovanni Battista Langetti (1625–1676), also known as Giambattista Langetti, was an Italian late-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 ...
painter. He was active in his native Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...
, then Rome, and finally for the longest period in Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
.
He first trained with Assereto, then Pietro da Cortona
Pietro da Cortona (; 1 November 1596 or 159716 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman ...
, but afterwards studied under Giovanni Francesco Cassana
Giovanni Francesco Cassana (1611–1691) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa.
Biography
He was a pupil of the painter Bernardo Strozzi. His pupils included his son Niccolò Cassana, Niccolò Bambini, and Giovan ...
, appeared in Venice by the 1650s where he worked in a striking Caravaggesque style. He is thought to have influenced Johann Karl Loth
Johann Carl Loth (Baptized 8 August 1632 – 6 October 1698) was a German Baroque painter who spent most of his life in Venice. His name is also rendered as Johann Karl, Karel and, in Italy, Carlotto or Carlo Lotti.Antonio Zanchi
Antonio Zanchi (; 6 December 1631 – 12 April 1722) was an Italians, Italian painter of the Baroque, active mainly in Venice, but his prolific works can also be seen in Padova, Treviso, Rovigo, Verona, Vicenza, Loreto, Brescia, Milano, and ...
. He painted many historical busts for private patrons in the Venetian territory and in Lombardy. He died at Venice in 1676.
References
* *(Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007) 1625 births 1676 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Genoa Painters from Venice Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub