Pietro Antonio Magatti (20 June 1691 – 26 September 1767) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

painter, active in

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in a late-

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 ...

(''barocchetto'') style. Born in

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, known for paintings and frescoes in his hometown,

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, as well as in the Castello di Masnago. He trained with

Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole (10 December 1654 – 22 July 1719) was an Italian painter and engraver from Bologna, active in the late-Baroque period. Upon the death of Carlo Cignani, Gioseffo dal Sole became among the most prominent painters in Bolo ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magatti, Pietro Antonio 1691 births 1767 deaths People from Varese 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Milan 18th-century Italian male artists