Alberto Carlieri (1672-after 1720) was an Italian painter of the late-

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

period. He was born at

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, where he was first a pupil of

Giuseppe Marchi Giuseppe Marchi (22 February 1795, Tolmezzo – 10 February 1860, Rome) was an Italian Jesuit archæologist who worked on the Catacombs of Rome. Life He entered the Society of Jesus in Rome 12 November 1814, shortly after the re-establishment o ...

, but afterwards of

Andrea Pozzo Andrea Pozzo (; Latinized version: ''Andreas Puteus''; 30 November 1642 – 31 August 1709) was an Italian Jesuit brother, Baroque painter, architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician. Pozzo was best known for his grandiose fresc ...

. He excelled in painting

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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* 1672 births 1720s deaths Painters from Rome 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Quadratura painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub