Giovanni Pietro Possenti
Giovanni Pietro Possenti (1618–1659) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly as a battle painter. He was the son and pupil of Benedetto Possenti, who also was known as a painter of battle scenes. He also painted altarpieces for the churches at Bologna, Padua, and .
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- Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 311.CS1 maint: location (link)
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- 1618 births
- 1659 deaths
- Italian Baroque painters
- 17th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- Painters from Bologna
- Italian battle painters
- Italian painter, 17th-century birth stubs