Giovanni Giacomo Borni 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, active in Lombard

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

 in towns near the province of Brescia

Brescia

Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...

, including Saviore dell'Adamello

Saviore dell'Adamello

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. He is also referred in local documents as Gian Giacomo Gaioni or Gajoni detto il Bate or Bornibatte. Also known as Giacomo Borno. He was born Ponte to Tomaso Bornini. His early mentors are unknown. He married Margherita Gelmini from Ponte in 1659 and had about a half dozen children. He died in Ponte

Ponte

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Local painting styles that may have influenced him include Jacopo da Palma il Giovane, Giuseppe Nuvolone

Giuseppe Nuvolone

Giuseppe Nuvolone was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Milan, Brescia, and Cremona. Born in San Gimignano. He was the brother of the painter Carlo Francesco Nuvolone and son and pupil of Panfilo. He painted St Dominic resurrecting the dead for the church of San Domenico...

 (son of Panfilo

Panfilo Nuvolone

Panfilo Nuvolone was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period, who painted both religious and still life topics, active in Cremona and Mantua....

), Grazio Cossali

Grazio Cossali

Grazio Cossali was an Italian painter who worked in Brescia, Cremona, and Venice, active during the Mannerist or early Baroque periods. Born in Orzinuovi, he is sometimes referred to as Cossale...

, Girolamo Romanino, Girolamo Savoldo

Girolamo Savoldo

Girolamo Savoldo, also called Girolamo da Brescia was an Italian High Renaissance painter.-Biography:...

, and il Moretto.