French Rococo Era Painter, 1685-1766 Related Paintings of Jjean-Marc nattier :. | Portrait of Queen Marie Leszczynska | Marie-Anne de Nesle, Marquise de La Tournelle, Duchesse de Chateauroux | Sophie Philippine Elisabeth Justine | Portrait of Pierre Victor Besenval de Bronstatt commander of the Swiss Guards in France. | Princess Marie Adelaide of France - The Air | Related Artists:
Markus PernhartMarkus Pernhart (1824-1871)
PIAZZETTA, Giovanni BattistaItalian Rococo Era Painter, ca.1683-1754
CIGNANI, CarloItalian Baroque Era Painter, 1628-1719
Italian painter and draughtsman. He was the leading master in Bologna during the later decades of the 17th century, commanding a position of authority comparable to that of Carlo Maratti in Rome. He bore the title of Conte, and his biographer Giovan Pietro Zanotti wrote that he 'always worked for glory, not for need'. Zanotti's emphasis on Cignani's 'new manner' refers to the reflective, intimate mood of his art, presaged in the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, and in those of Simone Cantarini. This gentle manner, which prevailed in the second half of the 17th century,
