Giuseppe Bottani (1717 – 1784) was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period.

Biography

He was born in Cremona, and lived as a boy in

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. He was sent to study in Florence, where he was a pupil of Vincenzo Meucci and Antonio Puglieschi. He moved to Rome to work under

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, then he returned to Cremona after 1745. In 1769, he was named professor of painting and director of the Academy of Fine Arts in

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. He was known for painting landscapes in the style of Gaspard Poussin, and figures in the style of

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. He painted a ''St. Paola taking leave of her Attendants'', once in the church of Santi Cosmo e Damiano at

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. He painted an ''Assumption of the Virgin with twelve apostles'' for the choir of the Cathedral of Pontremoli. He painted an ''Assumption with Saints Francis, Andrea Avellino, Carlo Borromeo, Luigi Gonzaga, and Magdalen'' for the church of San Francesco in Pontremoli. He painted an ''Assumption of Christ with twelve apostles'' for the church of San Giacomo in

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. He painted the ''Transit of St Francis Xavier'' for the parish church of San Nicolo in Pontremoli. He trained his brother Giovanni Bottani, active in Pontremoli circa 1720.Archivio Storico per le Provincie Parmensi
Volumes 3-4, Entry by Camillo Cimati, Presso La Reale Deputazione di Storia Patria, Parma (1807) page 152. Another of his pupils was the Brescian Domenico Vantini. Giuseppe died in Mantua.

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* * 1717 births 1784 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Cremona Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub