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Giovanni Girolamo Frezza

1659 – 1741

Italian painter and engraver

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About Giovanni Girolamo Frezza

Lived 1659 – 1741 (aged 81–82). Giovanni Girolamo Frezza was a painter and printmaker.

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1659–1730) was an Italian engraver. He was born in Canemorto (Orvinio), near Tivoli, and died in Rome both places being in the Papal States. He was instructed in engraving in Rome by Arnold van Westerhout.

His engravings include: Frescoes by Francesco Albani in the Verospi Palace. Seventeen plates depicting pictures in the church of Santa Maria in Montesanto at Rome by Niccolo Berrettoni. The Virgin suckling the Infant after Lodovico Carracci. Holy Family, Assumption of the Virgin, The Twelve Months, Judgment of Paris after Carlo Maratti. The Riposo in Egypt called the Zingarella; after Correggio. The Descent of the Holy Ghost after Reni. Polyphemus on rock, and Galatea and her Nymphs & Polyphemus hurling rock at Acis and Galatea after Sisto Badalocchio from Palazzo Farnese ceiling. " V.P. Ioseph Anchieta Soc Iesv in Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil

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Born
1659, Tivoli
Birth century
Died
1741, Rome
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Also known as
Ioannes Hieronymus Frezza, Io. Hieronymus Frezza, G. H. Frezza

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Who was Giovanni Girolamo Frezza?

Italian painter and engraver (1659-1741)

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Giovanni Girolamo Frezza was born in 1659 in Tivoli.

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Giovanni Girolamo Frezza died in 1741 in Rome.

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Giovanni Girolamo Frezza was a painter and printmaker.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Giovanni Girolamo Frezza

· Wikidata: Q3107215

· DBpedia: Giovanni Girolamo Frezza

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