Giuseppe Maria Ficatelli

Giuseppe Maria Ficatelli or Figatelli (1639 – 3 September 1703) was an Italian mathematician and painter of the Baroque period.[1][2]

Trattato aritmetico, 1692

Biography

He was born in Cento, and pupil of Cesare Gennari, flourished in the latter half of the 17th century, and painted pictures for the churches of his native city.[3] He also published a treatise on Mathematics: Ristretto Aritmetico in 1675.[4] His sons, Paolo Antonio (1671 – 17 February 1724) and Stefano Felice Ficatelli (8 April 1686 – 5 September 1771), inherited his studio and were active local painters.[5]

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References
  • Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A–K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 483.CS1 maint: location (link)
  1. Treccani Encyclopedia, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 47 (1997), entry by Fabia Farneti.
  2. Bryan uses spelling of Figatelli.
  3. Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ... By Giuseppe Campori, pages 204.
  4. Trattato Aritmetico published in Bologna 1675.
  5. Treccani Encyclopedia entry.
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