Ritratto di Rodolfo Brignole Sale - Betti

Sigismondo Betti (January 25, 1700 in

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– after 1783 in Florence) was an Italian painter. Betti worked mostly in

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and in

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. He was a pupil of Antonio Puglieschi and a fresco painter

Matteo Bonechi Matteo Bonechi (8 November 1669 in Florence – 27 February 1756 in Florence) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. He trained under Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani. He also executed works in the church o ...

. He initially painted in Tuscany, but moved to Genoa in 1737, and a decade later to Varallo.Dictionary of Pastellist Artists
short biography.

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1700 births 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Year of death missing 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub