Pompeo Ghitti (1631–1703 or 1704) was an Italian painter of the

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 ...

period, active mainly in and in towns surrounding

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

Biography

He was born in the village of

Marone Marone (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. Physical geography Territory Marone is located on the eastern shore of Lake Iseo at about 200 m a.s.l. The territory is mainly mountainous. It bord ...

on the shores of

Lake Iseo Lake Iseo or Iseo lake ( ; it, Lago d'Iseo ; lmo, Lach d'Izé, label=Eastern Lombard), also known as Sebino (; la, Sebinus), is the fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy, fed by the Oglio River. It is in the north of the country in the Val C ...

, near Brescia. He was a pupil of the painters

Ottavio Amigoni Ottavio Amigoni (16 October 1606 – 28 October 1661) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Brescia. He was trained by Antonio Gandini. Among his masterpieces is a large fresco about the life of Sant'Alberto (c. 1640) in th ...

and

Angelo Everardi Angelo Everardi (5 August 1647 – 1678)Maria Adelaide Baroncelli, ''Jan de Herdt e le origini del Fiammenghino'', Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte Vol. 4 (1965), pp. 7, 9-24, 133-141 (26 pages) was a paint ...

, and then of

Giovanni Battista Discepoli Giovanni Battista Discepoli (1590–1660), also called "Lo Zoppo di Lugano" from his being a cripple, was a Swiss-Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Milan. Born in Lugano, Switzerland, he was a pupil of the painter Camillo ...

. Ghitti contributed to the extensive fresco series in the Brescian church of ''Santo Corpo di Cristo'' (or ''del Corpus Domini'', now called ''Santo Cristo''). He painted two altarpieces, the ''Last Supper'' (1681, 2nd chapel to left) and ''Glory of St. Carlo Borromeo with the saints Stephen Martyr, Francis of Assisi, Anthony of Padua, & Rocco'' (1668, 2nd chapel right) for the parochial church of Santa Maria Assunta in

Ghedi Ghedi (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on November 24, 2001. Ghedi is known for a base of the Italian Air Force, Ghedi Air Base. ...

. He painted the main altarpiece with a ''St. Carlo Borromeo praying to Virgin'' with insertion of an image of the Trinity by

Pietro Scalvini Pietro Scalvini (1718–1792) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque and Neoclassic period, active in Brescia. He was inspired by TiepoloFigure della storia e della cronaca - Volume 26 - Page 819, by Paolo Guerrini - 1986. and active in fresc ...

for the brothers of the :it:Confraternita della Santissima Trinità dei pellegrini's church in Brescia. The Confraternity's church, the Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, is now a theatre, called the Teatro San Carlino. In the castle overlooking the town of

Cazzago San Martino Cazzago San Martino (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy in Franciacorta. It is bounded by other communes of Rovato, Ospitaletto Ospitaletto (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lo ...

, in the ''salone delle adunanze'', the decoration includes landscapes by the painter Sorisene with figures by Pompeo Ghitti (1669). The counterfacade of the Brescian church of S. Maria in Calchera is painted by Ghitti, and depicts a miracle of

Bernardino da Feltre Bernardine of Feltre (sometimes Bernardinus of Feltre) was a Friar Minor and missionary, b. at Feltre, Italy, in 1439 and d. at Pavia, 28 September 1494. He is remembered in connection with the monti di pietà of which he was the reorganizer an ...

. Ghitti also painted frescoes in the Church of Santa in

Gardone Val Trompia Gardone Val Trompia (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is bounded by the comunes of Marcheno and Sarezzo. It is located in the Trompia valley. Gardone received the honorary title of ci ...

( it, Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli). Teatro San Carlino, Brescia
/ref> Among his pupils were Pietro Avogadro and

Giovanni Antonio Capello Giovanni Antonio Capello (1699, in Brescia – 1741) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Brescia. He was a pupil of the painters Pompeo Ghitti (1631–1703), later Lorenzo Pasinelli in Bologna, and finally in Rome ...

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