Giovanni Battista Lenardi
Appearance
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Giovanni Battista Lenardi (active circa 1660, died after 1703) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome.
Biography
Lenardi was born in Ascoli Piceno, and trained in Rome with Pietro da Cortona and then Lazzaro Baldi. He painted for the church of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte and the Buonfratelli in Trastevere.[1]
References
- ^ Biografia degli artisti by Filippo de Boni, page 554.