Giovanni Baratta
Giovanni Baratta | |
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Born | 1670 |
Died | 1747 |
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Sculpture |
Movement | Baroque |
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Giovanni Baratta (1670–1747) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period. Born in Carrara, but active in Florence and Livorno. He was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Foggini. He has sculptures in Church of S. Ferdinando in Livorno. He is the nephew of Francisco Baratta the elder, who worked in the studio of Bernini in Rome. Giovanni had two brothers who were also sculptors: and Pietro.
References[]
- Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). Pelican History of Art (ed.). Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750. (1980) Penguin Books Ltd. p. 447.
- Two Early Documented Works by Francesco Baratta the Younger, Marilyn Dunn. The Burlington Magazine (1991) pages 91–94.
Categories:
- 1670 births
- 1747 deaths
- People from Carrara
- Italian Baroque sculptors
- Italian male sculptors
- Italian sculptor stubs