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Italian painter (1630–1702)
Filippo Giannetti
Born1630
Savoca, Messina, Kingdom of Sicily
Died1702
EducationJacopo Caro
Abraham Casembrot
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque
SpouseFlavia Durand Borgognone

Filippo Giannetti or Giannetto (1630 – 1702) was an Italian painter of Naples and Sicily.

Biography

He was born in Savoca, near Messina. He was known as Giordano de' paesisti ("the Giordano of landscape painters") for his ability to produce prolific and rapid landscapes. He initially trained with Jacopo Caro, and later with Abraham Casembrot. His wife, Flavia, was the daughter of Giovanni Battista Durand Borgognone, a pupil of Domenichino. Flavia was known for portrait painting.

References

  1. Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 54 (2000), by Gaetano Bongiovanni.
  2. Storia della pittura italiana esposta coi monumenti, Volume 7, by Giovanni Rosini, Pisa (1847): page 131.
  3. Storia pittorica della Italia dal risorgimento delle belle arti, Volume 2, by Luigi Antonio Lanzi, page 333.


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