Gregorio Lazzarini
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Gregorio Lazzarini was an Italian
Italy
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 painter, mostly of religious subjects, and those from history and mythology.

Born in Venice
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, he initially trained with the Genovese
Genoa
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 painter Francesco Rosa
Francesco Rosa
Francesco Rosa was an Italian painter from Genoa. His works include The Glory of the Eternal Father at Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli and Moses at the Pantheon, both in Rome. Gregorio Lazzarini trained under him.-External links:...

, Girolamo Forabosco
Girolamo Forabosco
Girolamo Forabosco or Gerolamo Forabosco was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He was active in Padua and his birthplace of Venice, where he was enrolled in the Venetian Fraglia dei Pittori between 1634-39 and paid taxes in Venice from 1640-44. He was a pupil of Alessandro Varotari , and...

, and with the studio of Pietro della Vecchia
Pietro della Vecchia
Pietro della Vecchia was an Italian painter also known as Pietro Muttoni. Born in Vicenza , he likely trained with Alessandro Varotari, called Padovanino, deriving a notable interest in Venetian masters such as Titian and Giorgione. Until 1984, he was mistakenly referred to as Pietro Muttoni...

. He joined the painters' guild in Venice in 1687. Lazzarini lived most of his life in the republic. He was the brother of the proficient painter, Elisabetta Lazzarini (1662–1729). Some of his paintings decorate the Sala dello Scrutinio of the Doge’s Palace. A group of his paintings are on view inside the Sala S. Tommaso at the SS. Giovanni e Paolo  basilica. He also painted a San Lorenzo Giustiniani for the Patriarcal house. He is best known for training Giambattista Tiepolo who joined his workshop at fourteen in 1710.

Lazzarini died in Villabona Veronese in 1730.

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