Giovanni Giacomo Borni (1635 – 29 October 1700) was an Italian painter 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 in

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

in towns near the province of

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

, including Saviore dell'Adamello. He is also referred in local documents as ''Gian Giacomo Gaioni or Gajoni'' detto il Bate or Bornibatte. Also known as Giacomo Borno. He was born in , now a ''frazione'' of Saviore dell'Adamello, to Tomaso Bornini. His early mentors are unknown. He married Margherita Gelmini from Ponte in 1659 and had about a half dozen children. He died in Ponte. Local painting styles that may have influenced him include Jacopo da Palma il Giovane,

Giuseppe Nuvolone Giuseppe Nuvolone (1619–1703) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Milan, Brescia, and Cremona. Born in San Gimignano. He was the brother of the painter Carlo Francesco Nuvolone Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (1608 or 1609 ...

(son of Panfilo), Grazio Cossali,

Girolamo Romanino Girolamo Romani, known as Romanino (c. 1485 - c. 1566), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active in the Veneto and Lombardy, near Brescia. His long career brought forth several different styles. Biography Romani was born in Brescia. H ...

, Girolamo Savoldo, and il Moretto.

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