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Gaetano Lapis (1704 – 1 April 1776) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period.
Biography
He was born inCagli
Cagli is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy. It c. south of Urbino. The Burano flows near the town.
History
Cagli occupies the site of an ancient village on the Via Flaminia, which seems to have bo ...
and trained under Sebastiano Conca
Sebastiano Conca (8 January 1680 – 1 September 1764) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He was born at Gaeta, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, and apprenticed in Naples under Francesco Solimena. In 1706, along with his brother Giovanni, who ...
. He painted a ''Birth of Venus'' for the ceiling of the Palazzo Borghese
Palazzo Borghese is a palace in Rome, Italy, the main seat of the Borghese family. It was nicknamed ''il Cembalo'' ("the harpsichord") due to its unusual trapezoidal groundplan; its narrowest facade faces the River Tiber. The entrance at the oppos ...
in Rome. He painted the main altarpiece depicting ''St Michael Archangel'' for the church of San Giuseppe, Cagli
San Giuseppe is a Roman Catholic, Franciscan church in Cagli, province of Pesaro e Urbino, region of Marche, Italy.
History
The exterior of the church is plain, in unfinished stone with walled up windows. The church interiors were refurbished wi ...
.
References
* 1706 births 1773 deaths People from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino 18th-century Italian people 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub