Giovanni Battista Barca, or Giovanni Battista Barchi, (1594-1650) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in

Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and '' comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Eur ...

, but became a citizen of

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. He appears to have been a pupil of

Domenico Fetti Domenico Fetti (also spelled Feti) (c. 1589 – 1623) was an Italian Baroque painter who had been active mainly in Rome, Mantua and Venice. Biography Born in Rome to a little-known painter, Pietro Fetti, Domenico is said to have apprenticed ...

. He painted a ''Pietà'' for San Fermo Maggiore; a ''Virgin'' for the altar of the Carli in San Nicolò; a ''Saints John the Baptists, Andrew, Mary Magdalen, and Jerome'' and a two ''Martyrdoms of Saints Crispino and Crispiniano'' for the church of Santa Maria della Scala; a ''Visitation of the Virgin'' for the main chapel of the church of the Vittoria; and a ''St John Evangelist'' for the church of San Giovanni della Beverara; and a ''Martyrdom of St. Paul Miki and companions;'' and a ''Madonna with Saints Francis and John the Baptist'' for

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.Memorie biografiche poste in forma di dizionario dei pittori, scultori, architetti, ed incisori Mantovani
by Pasquale Coddè, page 11.

References

* 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Verona 1594 births 1650 deaths {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub