Giovanni Battista Brughi (1660 – 1730) was an Italian painter and mosaic artist of the late-

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period.

Biography

He was born in

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, and pupil of

Giovanni Battista Gaulli Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709), also known as Baciccio or Baciccia (Genoese nicknames for ''Giovanni Battista''), was an Italian artist working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for his grand ...

in Rome. He abandoned painting to become a mosaic artist.Dizionario Degli Architetti, Scultori, Pittori
by Stefano Ticozzi, page 225.

References

1660 births 1730 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Umbrian painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub