Robert de Longe (

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, 1646 –

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, 1709) was a painter born in present-day

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, but active in Northern

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including

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and

Biography

He is one of many painters known in Italy as ''il Fiammingo'' (the Flemish). De Longe had traveled throughout Italy. In 1680, in Rome he joined painter in the Papal court, and there met

Agostino Bonisoli Agostino Bonisoli (1633–1700) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, who was born and worked mainly in Cremona. He was the pupil of the slightly older painter Giovanni Battista Tortiroli, and afterward studied under a relation named Luig ...

, who brought him to work for many years in Cremona. In 1685, de Longe was invited by the bishop of Piacenza, Giorgio Barni, to work in that city. While a Flemish influence in his work is noticeable, during his stay in Italy, he was influenced by works of

Sebastiano Ricci Sebastiano Ricci (1 August 165915 May 1734) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesqu ...

and

Giovanni Evangelista Draghi Giovanni Evangelista Draghi (1654–1712) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period. Luigi Lanzi erroneously refers to him as Giovanni Battista Draghi, who should not be confused with the composer of the same name. Biography Born ...

, such as their ''Fasti paintings in the Palazzo Farnese in Piacenza. He is said to have influenced “

Cavalier Tempesta Cavalier Pietro Tempesta, or Pieter Mulier II (1637 – 29 June 1701) was a Dutch Golden Age painter active in Italy. Biography Muller was born in Haarlem. He learned to paint from his father, Pieter Mulier I and travelled to Italy, workin ...

”. One of his masterworks is considered the cupola (1705) of the Oratory of San Giovanni in

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.Associazione Storico-Culturale S. Agostino
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1646 births 1709 deaths Artists from Brussels 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Flemish Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub