Self Portrait of the Artist Painting his Wife by Giulio Quaglio I

Giulio Quaglio the Elder (1610–1658 or after) was an Italian

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fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

es. He was a follower of Tintoretto. He is known to have worked in Vienna, Salzburg, and Ljubljana. His son,

Giulio Quaglio the Younger Giulio Quaglio the Younger (1668–1751) was an Italian Baroque painter. He was part of the large Quaglio pedigree of Italian artists involved in architecture, indoor fresco decoration, and scenography ( stage design) for the court theaters. He w ...

, was born in Laino and established himself in the Friuli about the end of the 17th century. Giulio the Younger, who died in 1720, is best known for his frescoes at the chapel of the Monte di Pietà, in Udine. They are both part of a large family of artists and architects from the town of Laino, between Lake Lugano and

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, and which included Giuseppe Quaglio and his sons Lorenzo the Younger, Simon, and Domenico;

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; and

Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder Giovanni Maria Quaglio (c. 1700-1765) was an Austrian stage designer of Italian extraction. He worked mainly in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal ...

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References

* 1610 births 1658 deaths Painters from Lombardy Italian Baroque painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub