Gaudenzio Botti (1698 – 6 March 1775) 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, mainly active in his native

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 ...

. He trained initially in Brescia with Faustino Raineri, a local

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 ...

. Botti said he painted in the style of the Dutch landscape painter Berghem. He painted both interior and exterior scenes; the interior scenes were often candle-lit.Dizionario degli artisti bresciani
by Stefano Fenaroli, page 60-61.

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* 1698 births 1775 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Brescia Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub