Carlo Giuseppe Ratti
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Carlo Giuseppe Ratti was an Italian
art biographer and painter of the late-Baroque
period. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Agostino Ratti
. Born in Genoa
, he moved to Rome where he befriended Anton Raphael Mengs
and Pompeo Batoni
. He added to Raffaello Soprani’s history of Genoese painters: Vite de' pittori, scultori ed architetti genovesi first published in 1769 in Genoa. He painted an Annunciation for the church of Santa Maria delle Vigne
in Genoa. He also published A Life of Rafael Mengs, and Notices of Correggio. He was knighted by Pope Pius VI
.
Italy
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art biographer and painter of the late-Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Agostino Ratti
Giovanni Agostino Ratti
Giovanni Agostino Ratti was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.Born in Savona, and active in Genoa, he constructed scenography for the theatre, and the cabinets with lively caricatures, which he also engraved...
. Born in Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, he moved to Rome where he befriended Anton Raphael Mengs
Anton Raphael Mengs
Anton Raphael Mengs was a German painter, active in Rome, Madrid and Saxony, who became one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting.- Biography :Mengs was born in 1728 at Ústí nad Labem in Bohemia...
and Pompeo Batoni
Pompeo Batoni
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni was an Italian painter whose style incorporated elements of the French Rococo, Bolognese classicism, and nascent Neoclassicism.-Biography:He was born in Lucca, the son of a goldsmith, Paolino Batoni...
. He added to Raffaello Soprani’s history of Genoese painters: Vite de' pittori, scultori ed architetti genovesi first published in 1769 in Genoa. He painted an Annunciation for the church of Santa Maria delle Vigne
Santa Maria delle Vigne
Santa Maria delle Vigne is a Roman Catholic basilica church in Genoa, northern Italy. It is known from the 10th century...
in Genoa. He also published A Life of Rafael Mengs, and Notices of Correggio. He was knighted by Pope Pius VI
Pope Pius VI
Pope Pius VI , born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, was Pope from 1775 to 1799.-Early years:Braschi was born in Cesena...
.