Giovanni Pietro Ligario
Illustration — Self-portrait (between 1710 and 1727) Giovanni Pietro Ligario (1686–1748) was an Italian painter and architect of the late-Baroque. • Illustration — 1880s photograph of a portrait by Ligario of Margaretha (1704–1765), wife of Anton de Salis-Soglio (Casa Battista) (1702–1765), Grisons Bundespraesident and Chur Stadrichter, and sister of Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis. He was born in Ardenno province of Sondrio in the Valtelline valley, and after early training there, moved to Rome, where he frequented the studio of Lazzaro Baldi, and afterwards visited Venice. On his return to his native town in 1727, he was employed in painting historical pictures for churches and private collections.
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Giovanni Pietro Ligario
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- Born
- 1686 · Sondrio.
- Occupation
- painter · architect
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Self-portrait (between 1710 and 1727) Giovanni Pietro Ligario (1686–1748) was an Italian painter and architect of the late-Baroque. • Illustration — 1880s photograph of a portrait by Ligario of Margaretha (1704–1765), wife of Anton de Salis-Soglio (Casa Battista) (1702–1765), Grisons Bundespraesident and Chur Stadrichter, and sister of Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis. He was born in Ardenno province of Sondrio in the Valtelline valley, and after early training there, moved to Rome, where he frequented the studio of Lazzaro Baldi, and afterwards visited Venice. On his return to his native town in 1727, he was employed in painting historical pictures for churches and private collections.
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Born at Sondrio in 1686, died in Sondrio in 1752.
The recorded working language is Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Valtellina.
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1686
Giovanni Pietro Ligario born at Sondrio.
1752
Giovanni Pietro Ligario died at Sondrio.
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