Pietro da Pietri (1663 – 1708, 1716, or 1721) was an Italian painter of the late-

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period, active mainly in

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. Born in

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,Birthplace in Rosini's text is assigned to

near

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. he was a pupil of the painter

Giuseppe Ghezzi Giuseppe Ghezzi (November 6, 1634–1721) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. Biography Born in Comunanza, in the Marche (then part of the Papal States), he was the son of the painter Sebastiano Ghezzi, a painte ...

, then of

Angelo Massarotti Angelo Massarotti (1653–1723) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native Cremona. Biography Massarotti trained initially with Agostino Bonisoli, then in Rome with Carlo Cesi. The historian Titi (page 379) said he pai ...

, then assisted in the studio of

Carlo Maratta Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition ...

. He is also known as ''Pietro Antonio da Pietri'', ''Pietro dei Pietri'', and ''Pietro de' Pietri''. He painted an altarpiece of the ''Virgin with Saints'' for

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