Giovanni Andrea Lazzarini (19 November 1710 – 7 September 1801) was an Italian painter, poet, and art historian of the late-

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or Rococo. He was born at

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. He was instructed in painting by Francesco Mancini, and studied at Rome from 1734 to 1749, and worked subsequently at Venice and

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in a style recalling

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. He distinguished himself as a fresco-painter. He was, however, a better teacher than artist. He was erudite and wrote extensively including ''Descrizione della cupola d'Assisi'', ''Catalogo ragionato delle pitture della chiesa di Pesaro'', and a book on ''Pittura''. He was a professor at the Academy of Pesaro from 1753.Biografia degli artisti
by Filippo de Boni, page 542. Among his pupils were Pietro Marchioretto. His works were painted for Gualdo, near

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, and for the Cathedrals of

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, and

. He also painted for the church of Sant'Agostino in Pesaro. He died in Pesaro. The square outside the Teatro Rossini in Pesaro is named after him.

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