Sebastiano Ghezzi was an Italian

Italy

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 painter and architect 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.

Born in Comunanza

Comunanza

Comunanza is a comune in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about 70 km south of Ancona and about 20 km northwest of Ascoli Piceno...

 near Ascoli Piceno

Ascoli Piceno

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, he traveled to Bologna

Bologna

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, where he derived instruction in design from Guercino. He however became more popular as an architect. He was named Papal engineer by Pope Urban VIII

Pope Urban VIII

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, and awarded a knighthood of the Cross. His son Giuseppe

Giuseppe Ghezzi

Giuseppe Ghezzi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome.Born in Ascoli Piceno, Marche , he was the son and pupil of the painter Sebastiano Ghezzi. He painted in the style of Pietro da Cortona. Giuseppe Ghezzi was the first secretary in perpetuity for the Accademia di...

 was known as a painter; his grandson, Pier Leone

Pier Leone Ghezzi

Pier Leone Ghezzi was an Italian Rococo painter and caricaturist active in Rome.Ghezzi was born in Rome. His father, Giuseppe Ghezzi, , also trained Antonio Amorosi, and was a secretary to the Roman Accademia di San Luca...

, has become known for his ink caricatures. Sebastiano frescoed the lunettes (1612–1613) in the cloister of S. Domenico in Ascoli, where he left a self-portrait. The frescoes are now significantly decayed, He also painted the main altar for the church of San Francesco in Comunanza.