Carlo Sacchi (1617–1706) was an Italian painter of the

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 in

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and trained with a painter Carlo Antonio Rossi in

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,Filippo De Boni, ''Biografia degli artisti: Volume unico'', Venezia 1840 then traveled to Rome before settling in

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. There he imitated a style recalling

Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , ; ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ''The Wedding at Cana (Veronese), The Wedding ...

. He was also an engraver. Sacchi died in Pavia. One of his pupils was Carlo Girolamo Bersotti.

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* 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Artists from Pavia 1617 births 1706 deaths 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub