Pietro Maggi (

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, circa 1680 - Milan, before 1738) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period.

Biography

He was influenced by Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (died 1702) but studied and worked with

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. Together they painted frescoes (1707) for the cupola of San Nazaro in Brolo (Milan). His other fresco was the ''Night of Hercules (or Heracles) and Hebe'' (''Le nozze di Ercole e Ebe'') at the upper hall in the Palazzo Durini in Milan. Other works of Maggi include a ''Madonna and St Joseph'' (1713) for the church of San Guadenzio in

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an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for the church of Santa Maria dei Crociferi in Milan, and a ''Resurrection'' for the church of Santa Maria di Canepanova in

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.Encyclopedia Treccani
short biography.

References

*Simonetta Coppa, "La pittura del Seicento e del Settecento", R. Conti, Monza. ''Il duomo e i suoi tesori'', vol. II, Milan 1989, p. 245, 259. *Simonetta Coppa, "Il rinnovamento artistico del duomo di Monza dall'età dei Borromei alla fine dell'ancien régime. Le fonti, lo stato degli studi e le nuove prospettive di ricerca", R. Cassanelli - R. Conti, ''Il duomo di Monza'' (''Monza Cathedral''). Itinerario barocco, Milan 1995, p. 59. *Simonetta Coppa, "Il Seicento e il Settecento", C. Capponi, S. Ambrogio Basilica, Milan, Milan 1997, p. 84-93. *V. Caprara, "Pietro Maggi", R. Cassanelli - R. Cont, Il duomo di Monza (''Monza Cathedral''). Itinerario barocco, Milan 1995, p. 162.

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