
Sigismondo Betti (January 25, 1700 in
Florence
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– after 1783 in Florence) was an Italian painter.
Betti worked mostly in
Genoa
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and in
Liguria
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. He was a pupil of
Antonio Puglieschi and a fresco painter
Matteo Bonechi
Matteo Bonechi (8 November 1669 in Florence – 27 February 1756 in Florence) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. He trained under Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani. He also executed works in the church o ...
. He initially painted in Tuscany, but moved to Genoa in 1737, and a decade later to Varallo.
Dictionary of Pastellist Artists
short biography.
References
1700 births
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Florence
Year of death missing
18th-century Italian male artists
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