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Alessandro Baratta

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who ran the church. The lack of funds had prevented the construction of the dome and the apse; the Baratta painted a large canvas that simulated, in a wide perspective, a dome, creating a scenic effect that was much appreciated; the shadings were arranged so that those who entered the church could be
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His first documented work dates back to 1668, when, on behalf of the College of Nobles, he realized the scenes and apparatuses for the baptism of Odoardo II Farnese, the first son of the Duke Ranuccio Farnese. A few years later, attention was paid to the trompe-l'œil decoration of the church of
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In 1672 he became the first regent of the Compagnia di San Giuseppe. Married to Maria Lucia, he went to live in the parish of
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behind the high altar (1694) and for the church of the Certosa di San Girolamo (1699).
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He was born near the church of San Lorenzo, Parma. He studied painting with
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His last documented works are the decoration of the chapel built in
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Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere
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engraving representing the southern slope of the Camaldoli hill.
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and elsewhere through a topographic engraving of a view in
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from Bologna designed the court theater next to the
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Italian
Parma
quadratura
Naples
Francesco Maria Reti
Santa Croce
Santa Cristina
Filippo Maria Galletti
San Gaetano da Thiene
Theatines
San Paolo
Stefano Lolli
Farnese theater
Santa Maria del Quartiere
burin
Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere
Categories
1639 births
1714 deaths
Painters from Parma
Italian Baroque painters
Quadratura painters
Italian engravers
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
18th-century Italian male artists

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