Pietro Facchetti
Illustration — Pietro Facchetti, Maria de Medici, ca. 1595 Pietro Facchetti (1539 – 27 February 1613) was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance, mainly active in Rome. Born to a poor family in Mantua.
Also recorded as Pietro Fachetto
Pietro Facchetti
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- Born
- Pietro Facchetti was born on 1 January 1539. · Mantua.
- Died
- Pietro Facchetti died on 27 February 1613. · Rome.
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
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Biography
Facchetti initially trained with Lorenzo Costa the younger, but then moved to Rome and joined the studio of Scipione da Gaeta, where he gained fame as a portrait painter.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Mantua and Rome. Work by Pietro Facchetti is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Nationalmuseum and National Gallery of Ireland.
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1539
Pietro Facchetti born at Mantua.
1613
Pietro Facchetti died at Rome.
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Pietro Facchetti was born in Mantua.
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Pietro Facchetti died in Rome.
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Mantua.
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Rome.
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