About Matteo Ghidoni
Lived 1626 – 1689 (aged 62–63). Matteo Ghidoni was an Italian painter.
Matteo Ghidoni (c.1626 in Florence – 24 January 1689, in Padua) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Florence, he was also known as Matteo dei Pitocchi, ("Matthew of the beggars").
Ghidoni adopted the style of the Bamboccianti ("ugly dolls"), who specialized in small-scale works featuring beggars living among the Roman ruins. He painted burlesque genre paintings, similar to those of Alessandro Magnasco. He died in Padua.
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Italian painter (1626-1689)
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Matteo Ghidoni was born in 1626 in Venice.
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Matteo Ghidoni died in 1689 in Padua.
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Matteo Ghidoni was a painter.
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Matteo Ghidoni was Italian.
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