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

Giulio Quaglio the Elder (1610–1658 or after) was an Italian painter of frescoes. He was a follower of

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. He is known to have worked in Vienna, Salzburg, and Ljubljana. His son, Giulio Quaglio the Younger, was born in

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and established himself in the

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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

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. They are both part of a large family of artists and architects from the town of

, between

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and Lake Como, and which included

Giuseppe Quaglio Giuseppe Quaglio (2 December 1747 – 23 January 1828) was an Italian painter and stage designer, active in scene painting in Mannheim, Frankfurt, and Ludwigsburg. Vinicius de Castro Quaglio (April 27, 1989) family ties in Brazil Born in ...

and his sons Lorenzo the Younger,

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, and

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; Lorenzo Quaglio the Elder; and Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder and his son.

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