Painting ID:: 73976
Battle among Christians and Turks. Oil-painting, Battle among Christians and Turks. Oil-painting, cm 140x186 Private Collection, Brescia
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Francesco Maria Raineri (February 2, 1676 - February 28, 1758) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque, mainly active in Mantua.
Also called Lo Schivenoglia after the town, just outside of the city of Mantua, of his birth. He was a pupil of Giovanni Canti. Among his works, he was known for his paintings of battle scenes, landscapes, and cappriccios (vedute of imaginary scenes) with historical or mythologic figures. He was named director of the Academy of painters in Mantua in 1752. He is known to have painted a St. Sebastian for the chapel of Santa Anna. Battle among Christians and Turks. Oil-painting, Battle among Christians and Turks. Oil-painting, cm 140x186 Private Collection, Brescia
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