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Giovanni Battista Crosato (1686 – July 15, 1758) was an

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painter of

quadratura Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective ''di sotto in sù'' and ''quadratura'', is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which ''trompe-l'œil'', perspective tools such as foreshortening, an ...

, active in the 18th century in Piedmont. He was born in

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, where he had likely his first training. By 1733 he had moved to

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, where he was recruited to fresco in the Palazzina of Stupinigi. From 1736 to 1752, he was a member of the painter's guild in Venice, but had returned in 1740 to Turin to work in various churches including the church of the Visitazione di Pinerolo. He also worked as a

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in Turin. He worked with Giovanni Francesco Costa in the Teatro Regio of Turin. In 1749, he collaborated with

Gerolamo Mengozzi Colonna Gerolamo Mengozzi Colonna (1688 – Venice, 27 October 1774) was an Italian painter, mostly of frescoed quadratura. Biography Born in Ferrara, Gerolamo was a pupil of the painters of architectural perspective painters Antonio Felice Ferrari and ...

in the decorations for the Carnaval of Turin. In 1752, he painted along with Pietro Visentini in the Palazzo Pesaro. He was inducted in the Accademia of Venice in 1756. He also painted in some palaces. Among his pupils was Bernardino Galliari.Encyclopedia Treccani
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 31 (1985), entry by Francesca D'Arcais.

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18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian scenic designers Quadratura painters 1686 births 1758 deaths 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub