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Giovanni Battista Tempesti (1729–1804) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Pisa.
Le arti belle in Toscana da mezzo il secolo XVIII ai di nostri: memoria storica
by Guglielmo Enrico Saltini, Tipografia Le Monnier, Florence (1862): page 44. The frescoes for the church of San Vito were destroyed during bombardments during World War II. He died in Pisa.
Giovanni Battista Tempesti (1729–1804) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Pisa.
Biography
Tempesta was born inVolterra
Volterra (; Latin: ''Volaterrae'') is a walled mountaintop town in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its history dates from before the 8th century BC and it has substantial structures from the Etruscan, Roman, and Medieval periods.
History
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. He studied in Pisa and Rome
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. On his return from to Pisa, for the church of San Domenico, he painted scenes from the life of ''Santa Chiara Gambacorti'', and for the cathedral the ''Celebration of Mass by Pope Eugenius III''. He painted the music-hall in the Pitti Palace
The Palazzo Pitti (), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present ...
for Leopold I, as well as several frescoes in palaces and villas in Pisa. Among his works is a fresco of the ''Last Supper'' for the cathedral of Pisa, frescoes for the Archbishop's hall, a ''Glory of the Blessed Ranieri'' and a ''Martyrdom of Santa Ursula'' for the Oratory of San Vito in Pisa.by Guglielmo Enrico Saltini, Tipografia Le Monnier, Florence (1862): page 44. The frescoes for the church of San Vito were destroyed during bombardments during World War II. He died in Pisa.
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