Giovanni Battista Merano (1632–1698[1]) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa.
Giovanni Battista Merano | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1632 Genoa, Republic of Genoa |
| Died | 1698 (65–66) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Baroque |
Biography
editMerano was born in Genoa, Republic of Genoa. He was one of the pupils of Valerio Castello. He spent some years in Parma, returning after the death of Castello, and painted in various churches. He returned to Parma in 1668, where he soon obtained a pension from the Duke Ranuccio II.
Giovanni Battista Merano appears unrelated to Francesco Merano.
In 1698, he painted in the town of San Remo. Among his disciples were Giovanni Battista Resoaggi and Davide Campi.[2][3]
Works
edit- Painted the chapel in the Ducal Palace of Colorno.
- Frescoes for the chapels of the church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma belonging to the Benedictines.
References
edit- ^ A Biographical History of the Fine Arts, or Memoirs of the Lives and Works, by Shearjashub Spooner, page 552.
- ^ Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 175.
- ^ Soprani, Raffaello (1769). Carlo Giuseppe Ratti (ed.). Delle vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti genovesi; Tomo secundo scritto da Carlo Giuseppe Ratti. Genoa: Stamperia Casamara. pp. 61–68.
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