Francesco Paglia (1636 – c. 1714) was an Italian painter of the late-

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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 ...

Biography

He was a pupil of

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. He also wrote a description of paintings in Brescia, using both prose and poetry, titled ''il Giardino della Pittura'' (The Garden of Painting). A copy of the manuscript was in the hands of the Avogadro family, which was known for their local patronage. Paglia also painted a ''St. Onofrio in the desert'' for the church of San Barnaba. He had two sons,

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(1680- 9 February 1747) and Angelo (born 1681), both painters. Antonio moved to Venice after the death of his father to study with

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. Angelo also learned to sculpt in clay from the Brescian Santo Calegari.

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1636 births 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian art historians Painters from Brescia Italian Baroque painters Year of death unknown {{Italy-art-historian-stub