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Giovanni Battista Canziani

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Giovanni Battista Canziani (1664–1730) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style. Born in Verona and died in Rome.[1] He studied with Andrea Voltolino and Giambettino Cignaroli in Verona.[2] Guilty of murder, he fled from Verona to Bologna, and then to Rome where he was best known as a portraitist.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fraternita dei Laici short entry with dates and places.
  2. ^ Bernasconi, Cesare (1864). Painting Studi sopra la storia della pittura italiana dei secoli xiv e xv e della scuola pittorica veronese dai medi tempi fino tutto il secolo xviii. Googlebooks. p. 369.
  3. ^ Biografia degli artisti, Filippo Boni, page 183.