Carlo Alberto Baratta (October 16, 1754 – 1815) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born in

Genoa Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...

. His father was a government official. Carlo studied at the Academia Ligustica, and became a pupil of Emanuele Tagliafichi, son of Santo Tagliafico. Like his brother, Antonio Baratta, Carlo was a scenic designer. He also frescoed palaces and chapels; and painted altarpieces. He painted for the Augustinian convent in Sarzano neighborhood. He also painted for the church of Santa Maria del Suffragio in Genoa, altarpieces of the ''Resurrection of Lazarus'' and ''Tobias burying cadavers''. He painted a ''Presentation of the Virgin'' for the parish church of Bacezia, a ''St Roch'' for the church of Bacezia, and a ''Virgin and Saints Cajetan and Anthony Abbot'' for San Giacomo di Pontedecimo. He also painted for various churches in

Chiavari Chiavari (; ) is a seaside comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, in Italy. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. It has a beachside promenade and a marina and is situated near the river Entella (river), Entella. History Pre-Rom ...

.Notizie dei professori del disegno in Liguria dalla fondazione dell' Accademia
Volume 1. (1865), by Federigo Alizeri, Publisher Luigi Sambolini, Genoa, pages 379-390.

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