Giovanni Canti (ca. 1650–1716) was an Italian painter of the Baroque. Born in

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. Active in early 18th century. Among his pupils were

Giuseppe Bazzani Giuseppe Bazzani (23 September 1690 – 17 August 1769) was an Italian painter of the Rococo. Biography Born in Mantua to a goldsmith, Giovanni Bazzani, early on he apprenticed with the Parmesan painter Giovanni Canti (1653–1715). A fellow pu ...

and Francesco Maria Raineri. He resided chiefly at

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, where he painted mainly battle-pieces and landscapes. He painted an altarpiece depicting ''Madonna and Child and Saints'' for the church of Santa Maria della Carità in Mantua.

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* * People from the Province of Parma 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Mantua Painters from Parma Italian Baroque painters Italian battle painters Year of birth uncertain 1650s births 1716 deaths 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub