Pandolfo Reschi (1643–1699) was a painter who was born at Danzig (now
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...
) and active in
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
.
He moved to Italy when he was young, and became one of the ablest pupils of
Giacomo Borgognone. He painted battle-pieces and imitated the landscapes of
Salvator Rosa
Salvator Rosa (1615 – March 15, 1673) is best known today as an Italian Baroque painter, whose romanticized landscapes and history paintings, often set in dark and untamed nature, exerted considerable influence from the 17th century into the ...
. He also excelled in painting perspective and architectural views (
quadratura
Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective di sotto in sù and quadratura, is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which ''trompe-l'œil'', perspective tools such as foreshortening, and other ...
).
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1643 births
1699 deaths
Artists from Gdańsk
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Baroque painters
Italian battle painters
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