Giovanni Battista Manna

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Giovanni Battista Manna (born circa 1570) was an Italian painter and poet.

He was born in Catania, but after youthful training in his native town, moved to Rome. There he also branched out into writing poetic pastorals and idylls, including Licandro, a tragicomic pastoral play. He became a member of the following learned societies, such as the Accademia degli Umoristi in Rome, in Naples, and the of Palermo.[1]

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  1. ^ Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli Artisti, Emporeo biografico metodico, volume 10. Venice (1860); Googlebooks: Co' Tipi di Gondolieri. p. 603.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)


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