PELLEGRINI, Giovanni Antonio
Italian Rococo Era Painter, 1675-1741
Italian painter. With Sebastiano Ricci and Jacopo Amigoni he was the most important Venetian history painter of the early 18th century. By uniting the High Renaissance style of Paolo Veronese with the Baroque of Pietro da Cortona and Luca Giordano, he created graceful decorations that were particularly successful with the aristocracy of central and northern Europe. He travelled widely, working in Austria, England, the Netherlands, Germany and France. Related Paintings of PELLEGRINI, Giovanni Antonio :. | Allegory of Sculpture sg | Allegory of Painting ag | The Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Ghost | Mucius Scevola before Porsenna | Rebecca at the Well | Related Artists: Irving R.WilesAmerican Painter, 1861-1948 Albani FrancescoItalian Baroque Era Painter, 1578-1660
Italian painter and draughtsman. He was a distinguished artist of the Bolognese school, deeply influenced by Annibale Carracci's classicism, who worked in Rome as well as Bologna, painting altarpieces, frescoes and and cabinet pictures. His fame rests on his idyllic landscapes and small mythological pictures, James Gunn1753 - 1801
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