Luca Rossetti
(1705–1770) was an
Italian
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painter and architect of the 18th century, active in the region of the
Piedmont
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. He painted in style combining luminous late-
Baroque
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and early-
Neoclassic styles. He painted the fresco of the Holy Trinity.
He was born in
Orta San Giulio
Orta San Giulio is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara.
The town itself is built on a promontory which juts out from t ...
, and active in
Ivrea
Ivrea (; pms, Ivrèja ; ; lat, Eporedia) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it stradd ...
, including in the church of
San Gaudenzio.
References
1705 births
1777 deaths
People from Orta San Giulio
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Piedmont
18th-century Italian male artists
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