Giovanni Battista Lanceni or Giambattista Lanzani or Lanzeni (after 1659 – 1735) was an Italian painter and engraver of the

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 ...

period active mainly in Verona.

Biography

By the age of 16 years he had been placed into an apprenticeship under

Andrea Voltolini Antonio Voltolino or Voltolini (1643–1718) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style. Biography He studied with Biagio Falcieri in Verona. He painted in the Sacristy of San Bernardino, Verona. His pupils included Giovanni Battista Belloti (1 ...

in Verona, from where he moved to work under

Francesco Barbieri Francesco Barbieri (1623–1698), also known as ', was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He died in Verona. He trained with Antonio Gandini and Pietro Ricchi Pietro Ricchi (1606 – 15 August 1675) was an Italian painter of the Baroque ...

. He painted in many churches in Verona, including San Procolo, San Zen Maggiore, San Silvestro, San Niccolò (''David and the head of Goliath''), and

San Fermo Saints Firmus and Rusticus ( it, San Fermo e San Rustico) (died c. 290 AD) are venerated as two martyrs of Verona. Their unreliable ''Acts'' state that Firmus and Rusticus, kinsmen, were prominent citizens of Bergamo. They were martyred at Vero ...

(''Supper at the House of Simon the Pharisee''). His daughter (born 1698) became a nun in the monastery of Santa Caterina dalla Ruota. Because she was also a painter, she was nicknamed Suor Michelangela, and in 1718 painted a ''Santa Caterina debating with the Doctors of Alexandria before the Emperor Maxentius''. Giovanni Battista published in 1720 in Verona a book titled ''Ricreazione Pittorica'' in which he describes both his works and a guide to Verona.Le vite dei pittori, scultori e architetti veronesi
by Diego Zannandreis, pages 332-335.

References

1659 births 1735 deaths Artists from Verona 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Italian engravers 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-engraver-stub