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Francesco Maffei was an Italian painter (* Vicenza 1605 † Padova, July 2, 1660), active in the Baroque style. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Vicenza, a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region at the northern base of the Monte Berico Padua ( Padova 'padova Latin: Patavium, Padoa) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Baroque art redirects here Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc

He probably trained in his birthplace of Vicenza with his father, and painted mostly in the towns of the Veneto (Venetian mainland). Vicenza, a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region at the northern base of the Monte Berico Veneto or Venetia ( Vèneto) is one of the 20 regions of Italy. He died in Padua. Padua ( Padova 'padova Latin: Patavium, Padoa) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy.

He is noted for his somewhat provincial stylistic quirks, combining the decorative manner of baroque with visual distortions and nervous brush strokes. His figures often glimmer with imprecise borders; a style which would characterize also the pittura de tocco e di macchia (painting of touch and dots) of the following decades and century. Representatives of this manner came from diverse regions of Europe, and worked in diverse styles, including Ricci, Carpioni, Magnasco, and later Francesco Guardi. Sebastiano Ricci ( August 1, 1659 - 15 May 1734) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. Giulio Carpioni ( 1613 - 29 January 1678) was an Italian painter and etcher of the early Baroque era Alessandro Magnasco also known as il Lissandrino ( February 4, 1667 –1749 was an Italian Rococo painter from Northern Francesco Lazzaro Guardi ( October 5, 1712 &ndash January 1, 1793) was a Venetian painter of Veduta.

The canvases are often crowded with people and vigorous action (see War against the Fallen Angels at the Galleria Brera in Milan). This article concerns the Milanese art gallery For the automobile see Alfa Romeo Brera. He is known for paintings in the Palazzo del Podesta in Vicenza, and in the Church of Santa Maria del Soccorso (La Rotonda) in Rovigo (1644-55). For the Renaissance composer see Francesco Rovigo. Rovigo is a town in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, the capital He also painted in the Oratory of San Nicola da Tolentino in Vicenza. The Oratory of San Nicola da Tolentino (in Italian Oratorio di San Nicola da Tolentino) is a small chapel like structure in Vicenza, which is notable for its excellent He was trained under the Mannerist painter, Alessandro Maganza, yet was influenced by a variety of painters, including Veronese, Jacopo Bassano, Tintoretto, and Magnasco. Mannerism is a period of European art which emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. Alessandro Maganza (1556-1630 was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style born and active in Vicenza, as well as in Venice. Paolo Veronese (1528 – April 19 1588 was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at Cana Jacopo Bassano (also known as Jacopo da Ponte, c 1515 - 13 February 1592) was an Italian painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Comin; September 29, 1518 - May 31, 1594) was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and He is known to have traveled briefly to Venice in 1638, where he would have encountered the then brash new baroque painterly style of Liss, Strozzi, and Fetti. Johann Liss (also called Jan Lys (c 1590 or 1597 &ndash 1627 or 1631 was a leading German Baroque painter of the 17th century active mainly in Venice Bernardo Strozzi (c 1581 &ndash August 2, 1644) was a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa Domenico Fetti (also spelled Feti c 1589 – 1623 was an Italian Baroque painter active mainly in Rome, Mantua and Venice. Maffei left Vicenza in 1657 and settled in Padua, where he died of the plague. He influenced a variety of painters, including Andrea Celesti (c1637-1711) and Antonio Bellucci (1654-1727), a mentor of Sebastiano Ricci. Andrea Celesti (1637 - 1712 was an Italian painter of the Baroque period working in Venice. Antonio Bellucci (1654 - 1726 was an Italian painter of the Rococo period who was best known for his work in England Germany and Austria Sebastiano Ricci ( August 1, 1659 - 15 May 1734) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice.

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