Pietro Marchesini (April 7, 1692 - October 24, 1757) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in

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Biography

He was born in Pistoia. He was patronized by Lorenzo Maria Gianni, and studied with

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. For the Gianni family, he often traveled to create a number of copies of originals of

Titian Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, nea ...

, Veronese,

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, and Andrea del Sarto. His travels gave his paintings a venetian coloring. He painted a ''Santa Margherita'' for the church of the Ognissanti in Florence; a ''St Thomas'' for the church of San Lorenzo. He also painted in Pistoia and the church of Valdibure.Guida di Pistoia per gli amanti delle belle arti con notizie
by Francesco Tolomei, 1821, page 185-186.

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1692 births 1757 deaths People from Pistoia 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Tuscany 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub