Giovanni Battista Buonocore (1643 in

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, Province of

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– May 22, 1699 in

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) was an Italian painter of the

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period. He became Rector (1679), then ''Principe'' (1698) (replacing the

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) of the

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of Rome.

Biography

While born in

, he first trained with Mola in

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, then traveled to Parma, Venice, Ferrara, Cento, Florence, and Bologna, before settling in Rome. He painted an altar-piece for the Chiesa degli Orfanelli at Rome. He is known there for a canvas of ''Martyrdom of San Gaetano'' which was once in the Villa Medici. He also painted a ''San Andrea Avellino'', ''Massacre of the Innocents'', ''St Anthony of Padua with Virgin and Child'', and a ''Deposition''. He painted a Crucifixion for the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. He also painted some frescoes in the tribune of the church of

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. He painted the main altarpiece for the church of the Orfanelli. He painted a series of canvases depicting the victories of Hannibal at ''Ticino'', ''Trebbia'', ''Trasimeno'', and ''Canae'', and also the ''Defeat of Hasdrubal at the battle of Metauro''. Among his pupils was Girolamo de Rossi.V. Bindi, page 59. His biography was written by Leone Pascoli.

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