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Pietro da Cortona (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro da (k)korˈtoːna]; 1 November 1596 or 1597 – 16 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini , he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture .
Pietro da Cortona was an Italian architect, painter, and decorator, an outstanding exponent of Baroque style. Pietro studied in Rome from about 1612 under the minor Florentine painters Andrea Commodi and Baccio Ciarpi and was influenced by antique sculpture and the work of Raphael.
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Pietro da Cortona was an Italian Baroque painter and architect who created frescoed ceilings and canvases for prominent patrons in Rome and Florence. Learn about his life, style, and major works such as the Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power in the Palazzo Barberini.
- Italian
- May 16, 1669
- Cortona, Italy
Pietro da Cortona, nato come Pietro Berrettini, è stato un pittore e architetto italiano. Particolare dello stemma Barberini nel Trionfo della Divina Provvidenza sulla volta del salone di palazzo Barberini Età del ferro, sala della Stufa, palazzo Pitti Fu attivo prevalentemente a Roma e Firenze nel corso del Seicento, sotto la protezione di ...
Pietro da Cortona. 1596 - 1669. Pietro Berrettini was called after his native town of Cortona in Tuscany. He was trained by Andrea Commodi and in 1612 he moved to Rome. He painted frescoes, altarpieces, secular paintings and portraits.
Cortona, Tuscany (Italy), 1596 - Rome (Italy), 1669. He was one of the decisive artists in the formulation of the Italian Baroque of the seventeenth century, both in architecture and painting, transcending to the European field in general.
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Pietro da Cortona (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro da (k)korˈtoːna]; 1 November 1596 or 1597 – 16 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.
