Filippo Giannetti

Filippo Giannetti or Giannetto (Savoca 1630- Naples 1702) was an Italian painter of Naples and Sicily.

Biography

He was born in Savoca, near Messina.[1] He was known as Giordano de' paesisti for his prolific and celeric activity. He initially trained with Jacopo Caro, and later with Abraham Casembrot.[2] His wife, Flavia, was the daughter of Giovanni Battista Durand Borgognone, a pupil of Domenichino. Flavia was known for portrait painting.[3]

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References
  1. Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 54 (2000), by Gaetano Bongiovanni.
  2. Storia della pittura italiana esposta coi monumenti, Volume 7, by Giovanni Rosini, Pisa (1847): page 131.
  3. Storia pittorica della Italia dal risorgimento delle belle arti, Volume 2, by Luigi Antonio Lanzi, page 333.


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