Giovanni Girolamo Frezza
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Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1659–1730) was an Italian
engraver. He was born in Canemorto, near Tivoli
, and died in Rome
. He was instructed in engraving at Rome by Arnold van Westerhout.
His engravings include:
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
engraver. He was born in Canemorto, near Tivoli
Tivoli, Italy
Tivoli , the classical Tibur, is an ancient Italian town in Lazio, about 30 km east-north-east of Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river where it issues from the Sabine hills...
, and died in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. He was instructed in engraving at Rome by Arnold van Westerhout.
His engravings include:
- Frescoes by Francesco AlbaniFrancesco AlbaniFrancesco Albani or Albano was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early years in Bologna:Born 1578 in Bologna, his father was a silk merchant who intended to instruct his son in the same trade; but by age twelve, Albani became an apprentice under the competent mannerist painter Denis Calvaert, where he...
in the Verospi Palace. - Seventeen plates depicting pictures in the church of Santa Maria in Montesanto at Rome by Niccolo BerrettoniNiccolò BerrettoniNiccolò Berrettoni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He trained with Simone Cantarini then worked with Carlo Maratta. Among his paintings in Rome was a Madonna with St...
. - The Virgin suckling the Infant after Lodovico Carracci.
- Holy Family, Assumption of the Virgin, The Twelve Months, Judgment of Paris after Carlo Maratti.
- The Riposo in Egypt called the Zingarella; after Correggio.
- The Descent of the Holy Ghost after ReniGuido ReniGuido Reni was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style.-Biography:Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As a child of nine, he was apprenticed under the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert. Soon after, he was joined in that...
. - Polyphemus on rock, and Galatea and her Nymphs & Polyphemus hurling rock at Acis and Galatea after Sisto BadalocchioSisto BadalocchioSisto Badalocchio Rosa was an Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School.Born in Parma, he worked first under Agostino Carracci in Bologna, then Annibale Carracci, in Rome. He worked with Annibale till 1609, then moving back to Parma...
from Palazzo Farnese ceiling. - " V.P. Ioseph Anchieta Soc Iesv in Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil