Giorgio Duranti was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the 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, mainly active in Brescia

Brescia

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, where he was born.

Duranti was also an abbot, count and knight. He studied sciences, and music; he was known as an excellent player of the violoncello. He specialized in still life

Still life

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 paintings of flowers. Many of those, he donated to the church of Palazzolo

Palazzolo

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 who sold to the royal court of Spain. His brother Faustino (1606–1766), became abbot after his brother's death, was also a painter specializing mainly in miniature portraits

Portrait miniature

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