Giovanni Battista Tagliasacchi

Giovanni Battista Tagliasacchi (26 August 1697 – 3 December 1737) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.

Tagliasacchi was born at Borgo San Donnino. For some time he painted historical scenes in the manner of his teacher Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole. He was also an excellent portrait painter. He was mainly active in Piacenza. Some of his works were painted for San Pietro, Piacenza.

References

• Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 551.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) He died in Castelbosco.