Giovanni Enrico Vaymer (March 17, 1665 – November 1738) was an Italian painter of the

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period. He was born in Genoa. His father, the painter Enrico Vaymer, was originally from

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. His mother, Maddalena Ricci, was Genoese. In Genoa, he initially became a pupil of a mediocre painter called Schiena, but through connections with a local cardinal he was recommended to work with the Genoese

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in Rome. There he met his lifelong friend, the painter Giovanni Marie delle Piane, known as

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. He returned to Genoa, where he became known as a portrait painter for the aristocracy, and was summoned to paint portraits the king and royal family at

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Volume 7, by Goffredo Casalis, Turin (1840), page 727. He was invited to remain at the court, but declined. He also painted some altarpieces in Genoa, including at the church of San Filippo Neri.

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1665 births 1738 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Genoa Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub