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Giovanni Battista Loreti

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Italian painter (1686–1760)

Giovanni Battista Loreti (1686 in Fano – 13 December 1760, in Fabriano) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period, active mainly in Fabriano.

Life

Born in Fano, his first years were in Fabriano, he soon moved to Rome, where he trained under Carlo Cignani. Moving back to Fabriano, he painted in a number of churches there and in San Severino Marche. His children, David (1708-1768), Eugenio (1725-1762), and Rosalba (died 1762), were also artists. Rosalba married Nicolò Miliani and of their sons, Michelangelo and Pietro Miliano also became artists.

References

  1. Bollettino dei Musei Comunali di Roma N.S. XXII 2008, page 33.
  2. Guida e statistica della città e Comune di Fabriano, by Oreste Marcoaldi, 1874, page 61.
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