Valerio Baldassari (c.1650 – after 1695), also known as ''Baldissari'', 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. He was born in

Pescia Pescia () is an Italian city in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located in a central zone between the cities Lucca and Florence, on the banks of the river of the same name. History Archaeological excavations have suggest ...

, and trained with

Pietro Dandini Pietro Dandini (12 April 1646 – 26 November 1712) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. Biography He is also called ''Pier Dandini''. He was the son (or nephew) and pupil of the painter Vincenzo Dandini. P ...

. The History of Painting in Italy
Luigi Lanzi , 1830, accessed September 2009 He is said to have "worked with such speedy flair ... that his works look rather like preliminary drafts than finished paintings" (''lavorava ogni cosa con quella tale sprezzatura... di modo che le sue opere sembrano piuttosto abozzi che pitture terminate'').

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* 1650s births Year of death unknown People from Pescia 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub