Robert de Longe (

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, 1646 –

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, 1709) was a painter born in present-day

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, but active in Northern

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including

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and

Biography

He is one of many painters known in Italy as ''il Fiammingo'' (the Flemish). De Longe had traveled throughout Italy. In 1680, in Rome he joined painter in the Papal court, and there met Agostino Bonisoli, who brought him to work for many years in Cremona. In 1685, de Longe was invited by the bishop of Piacenza, Giorgio Barni, to work in that city. While a Flemish influence in his work is noticeable, during his stay in Italy, he was influenced by works of

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and

Giovanni Evangelista Draghi Giovanni Evangelista Draghi (1654–1712) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period. Luigi Lanzi erroneously refers to him as Giovanni Battista Draghi, who should not be confused with the composer of the same name. Biography Born ...

, such as their ''Fasti paintings'' in the Palazzo Farnese in Piacenza. He is said to have influenced “ Cavalier Tempesta”. One of his masterworks is considered the cupola (1705) of the Oratory of San Giovanni in

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.Associazione Storico-Culturale S. Agostino
entry on painter. He also painted the interior of the dome of the church of Santa Brigida, Piacenza.

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1646 births 1709 deaths Painters from Brussels 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Flemish Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub