Lorenzo Comendich (1675–1720), also known as Lazzaro Comendich, was an Italian painter of the late-

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period. A native of

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, he studied under Francesco Monti, and settled at

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, where he flourished in the first part of the 18th century. His works were held in high repute as a battle painter. The Baron Martine took him under his patronage about 1700, for whom he produced a variety of works, among them his '' Battle of Luzzara'', which

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(the victor in that battle) is said to have beheld with singular pleasure, and commissioned the artist to paint a duplicate for himself.

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* 1675 births 1720 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Verona Italian battle painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub