Angelo Massarotti (1653–1723) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active in his native

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Biography

Massarotti trained initially with Agostino Bonisoli, then in

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with Carlo Cesi. The historian Titi (page 379) said he painted a fresco depicting ''Christ with Santa Lugarda'' and other for the church of

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. This gained him admission to Accademia San Luca of Rome in 1680, when he returns to Cremona. In Cremona, he painted an ''Immaculate Conception'' for the church of Sant'Ilario, and a large canvas over the main door of the church of Sant’Agostino representing the ''Doctors of the church and founders of religious orders''. Pupils of Massarotti include Giovanni Angelo Borroni, Pietro da Pietro, Sigismondo Benini. Pietro Frassi, and Bernardino Deho.La pittura cremonese
by Principe Bartolommeo de Soresina Vidoni, page 140.

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1653 births 1723 deaths Painters from Cremona Italian Baroque painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub