Giovanni Battista Monti
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Giovanni Battista Monti was an Italian
painter of portraits during the Baroque
period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa
. He emerged from a poor family, and was apprenticed with Luciano Borzone
. He died from the plague in 1657.
Italy
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painter of portraits during 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, active mainly in his natal city of 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 emerged from a poor family, and was apprenticed with Luciano Borzone
Luciano Borzone
Luciano Borzone was an Italian painter of the Baroque period , active mainly in his natal city of Genoa....
. He died from the plague in 1657.