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Giovanni Marracci (1637–1704) was an Italian

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painter who after training with

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in Rome, worked in his home region of

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where he painted many altarpieces.

Biography

Among his masterpieces are '' Madonna and Child with Saints'' in

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and ''Coronation of Santa Teresa'' (now in National Museum of Villa Guinigi in Lucca). He also frescoed the cupola of the chapel of ''Sant'Ignazio'' in the church of San Giovanni in

. He painted a ''St Francis adoring the Virgin'' for the church of the Monastero dell'Angelo, and frescoed a ''Nativity'' for the main door of the interior of the church of San Giusto in Lucca. The frescoes on the main door of Santa Maria Corteorlandini in Lucca are also attributed to him. He painted the altarpiece of ''St Thomas'' of the Tribune church. He painted seven large canvases for the library of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, and also painted for the

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in Rome. One of his pupils was Gaetano Vetturali. His brother, Ippolito Marracci, painted quadratura.Biblioteca enciclopedica italiana
Volume 14, by Nicolo Bettoni; Milan (1831); page 135.

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1637 births 1704 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Lucca 18th-century Italian male artists People from Camaiore {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub