Giuseppe Ghezzi (November 6, 1634–1721) was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, active mainly in

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Biography

Born in

Comunanza Comunanza is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Marche, Italy. It is a medieval village at the feet of the Monti Sibillini, founded in the 5th or 6th century by Ascoli refugees escaping barbaric incursions. ''"Sotto Comunanza é Africa."'' - Djane ...

, in the

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(then part of the

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), he was the son of the painter Sebastiano Ghezzi, a painter and architect for the papacy of

Pope Urban VIII Pope Urban VIII ( la, Urbanus VIII; it, Urbano VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in July 1644. As po ...

. Sebastiano died when Giuseppe was only 11 years old, and he was sent to

Fermo Fermo (ancient: Firmum Picenum) is a town and ''comune'' of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo. Fermo is on a hill, the Sabulo, elevation , on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway. History The oldest hum ...

to study philosophy an letters, but took also painting instruction under Lorenzino da Fermo. He then moved to Rome where he chose painting over law studies. He painted in many Roman churches. He painted in the style of

Pietro da Cortona Pietro da Cortona (; 1 November 1596 or 159716 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman ...

. Giuseppe Ghezzi was the first ''secretary in perpetuity'' for the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fir ...

in Rome. He was the father of the more prominent caricaturist

Pier Leone Ghezzi Pier Leone Ghezzi (28 June 1674 – 6 March 1755) was an Italian Rococo painter and caricaturist active in Rome. Biography Ghezzi was born and died in Rome. He trained under his father, Giuseppe Ghezzi, who also trained Antonio Amorosi. ...

(born June 28, 1674). Another son, Placido, was Apostolic Protonotary. Giuseppe was also a mentor to

Pietro da Pietri Pietro da Pietri (1663 – 1708, 1716, or 1721) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. Born in Premia,Birthplace in Rosini's text is assigned to Premia near Novara. he was a pupil of the painter Giuseppe G ...

(1634–1721). On December 10, 1676, he borrowed a number of privately owned works by Venetian masters and exhibited them in the cloisters of

San Salvatore in Lauro San Salvatore in Lauro is a Catholic church in central Rome, Italy. It is located on a piazza of the same name in the rione Ponte. It stands on Via Vecchiarelli, just south of the Lungotevere Tor di Nona and north of via dei Coronari. Within Rom ...

in Rome. He published a book of collected poems about art that describes an academic competition. Ghezzi died in Rome in 1721. Among his disciples was a Pietro di Pietri of Novara.Memorie intorno i letterati e gli artisti della città di Ascoli nel Piceno
by Giacinto Cantalamessa Carboni, Page 215.

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1634 births 1721 deaths People from the Province of Ascoli Piceno Italian Baroque painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub