Giovanni Andrea Lazzarini
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Giovanni Andrea Lazzarini (1710–1801) was an Italian
Italy
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 painter, poet, and art historian of the late-Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 or Rococo.

He was born at Pesaro. He was instructed in painting by Francesco Mancini
Francesco Mancini
Francesco Mancini is an Italian footballer. He last played for Martina in December 2007.-Foggia:He joined Bisceglie in summer 1987, and left for U.S. Foggia of Serie C1 in October 1987, where he spent a decade on. He played in Serie A between 1991 and 1995.He played 2 Serie B games for Foggia in...

, and studied at Rome under Fantuzzi from 1734 to 1749, and worked subsequently at Venice and Forlì
Forlì
Forlì is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. The city is situated along the Via Emilia, to the right of the Montone river, and is an important agricultural centre...

 in a style recalling Carlo Cignani
Carlo Cignani
Carlo Cignani was an Italian painter of the Bolognese and of the Forlivese school, active in the Baroque period....

. He distinguished himself as a fresco-painter. He was, however, a better teacher than artist. His works were painted for Gualdo
Gualdo
Gualdo may refer to three Italian towns:* Gualdo * Gualdo Cattaneo* Gualdo TadinoOther*S.S. Gualdo...

, near Rimini
Rimini
Rimini is a medium-sized city of 142,579 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa...

, at Osimo
Osimo
Osimo is a town and comune of the Marche, Italy, in the province of Ancona, 15 km south of that town by rail. It is situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea.Silk-spinning and the raising of cocoons are carried on.-History:...

, Foligno
Foligno
Foligno is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system...

, Ancona
Ancona
Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....

, and Pesaro
Pesaro
Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....

, where he died.
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