Faustino Raineri (died 1755) was an Italian painter, mainly a

landscape painter Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction in painting of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, rivers, trees, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a cohe ...

of the

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period, mainly active in

Brescia Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the se ...

. Raineri appears to have become a priest. He followed the style of

vedute A ''veduta'' (; : ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''. Origins This genre of landscape originated ...

Antonio Tempesta Antonio Tempesta, also called il Tempestino (1555 – 5 August 1630), was an Italian painter and engraver, whose art acted as a point of connection between Roman Baroque, Baroque Rome and the culture of Antwerp. Much of his work depicts major ba ...

, painting outdoors. His close friend

Gaudenzio Botti Gaudenzio Botti (1698 – 6 March 1775) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in his native Brescia. He trained initially in Brescia with Faustino Raineri, a local landscape painter Landscape painting, also known as ...

was also his pupil. The lack of varnish in his painting has led most to decay.

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* 1755 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Brescia Year of birth unknown 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub