Giovanni Maria Conti, also called Giovanni dalla Camera (active 1617–1670) was an Italian painter active during the
Baroque
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period in
Parma
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.
Biography
He painted the monochrome decoration on the pilasters of the Sanctuary of the Steccata; worked in the church of the Cappuccine;
Santa Maria del Quartiere; and
Santa Croce. In the latter church, his fresco work was aided by
Francesco Reti and
Antonio Lombardi
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. He painted for the church of
Sant'Alessandro and the Oratory of Sant'Ilario.
Dizionario biografico dei Parmigiani illustri o benemeriti nelle scienze ...
by Giovanni Battista Janelli, Genoa, 1877, page 124.
References
1617 births
1670 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Parma
Italian Baroque painters
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