Giovanni Battista Lanceni or Giambattista Lanzani or Lanzeni (after 1659 – 1735) was an

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painter and engraver of the

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period active mainly in

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Biography

By the age of 16 years he had been placed into an apprenticeship under Andrea Voltolini in Verona, from where he moved to work under Francesco Barbieri. He painted in many churches in Verona, including San Procolo, San Zen Maggiore, San Silvestro, San Niccolò (''David and the head of Goliath''), and

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(''Supper at the House of Simon the Pharisee''). His daughter (born 1698) became a nun in the monastery of Santa Caterina dalla Ruota. Because she was also a painter, she was nicknamed Suor Michelangela, and in 1718 painted a ''Santa Caterina debating with the Doctors of Alexandria before the Emperor Maxentius''. Giovanni Battista published in 1720 in Verona a book titled ''Ricreazione Pittorica'' in which he describes both his works and a guide to Verona.Le vite dei pittori, scultori e architetti veronesi
by Diego Zannandreis, pages 332-335.

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1660s births 1735 deaths Artists from Verona 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Italian engravers 18th-century Italian male artists Painters from the Republic of Venice {{Italy-engraver-stub