Giacomo Ceruti
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 257 years ago |
Date of birth | October 13,1698 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Milan |
Italy | |
Date of died | August 28,1767 |
Died | Milan |
Italy | |
Periods | Baroque |
Known for | Painting |
Works | A Woman with a Dog |
An Old Man with a Dog | |
Group of Beggars | |
Portrait of a Priest | |
Nickname | Pitocchetto |
On view | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 957492 |
Giacomo Ceruti Life story
Giacomo Antonio Melchiorre Ceruti was an Italian late Baroque painter, active in Northern Italy in Milan, Brescia, and Venice. He acquired the nickname Pitocchetto for his many paintings of peasants dressed in rags. He was born in Milan, but worked primarily in Brescia.