Giovanni Battista Barca, or Giovanni Battista Barchi, (1594-1650) was an Italian painter of the

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period. He was born in

Mantua Mantua ( ; ; Lombard language, Lombard and ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, eponymous province. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the "Italian Capital of Culture". In 2 ...

, but became a citizen of

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

. He appears to have been a pupil of

Domenico Fetti Domenico Fetti (also spelled Feti) ( – 16 April 1623) was an Italian Baroque painter who was active mainly in Rome, Mantua and Venice. Biography Born in Rome to a little-known painter, Pietro Fetti, Domenico is said to have apprenticed ini ...

. He painted a ''Pietà'' for San Fermo Maggiore; a ''Virgin'' for the altar of the Carli in San Nicolò; a ''Saints John the Baptists, Andrew, Mary Magdalen, and Jerome'' and a two ''Martyrdoms of Saints Crispino and Crispiniano'' for the church of Santa Maria della Scala; a ''Visitation of the Virgin'' for the main chapel of the church of the Vittoria; and a ''St John Evangelist'' for the church of San Giovanni della Beverara; and a ''Martyrdom of St. Paul Miki and companions;'' and a ''Madonna with Saints Francis and John the Baptist'' for

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.Memorie biografiche poste in forma di dizionario dei pittori, scultori, architetti, ed incisori Mantovani
by Pasquale Coddè, page 11.

References

* 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Verona 1594 births 1650 deaths {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub