Giovanni Marracci
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Giovanni Marracci was an Italian
Italy
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 painter of the Baroque
Baroque
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 period, who trained in Rome
Rome
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 in the studio of Pietro da Cortona
Pietro da Cortona
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, but worked independently in Lucca
Lucca
Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...

 and neighboring towns. Among his masterpieces is a Coronation of Santa Teresa (now in Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, Lucca). He also frescoed the cupola of the chapel of Sant'Ignazio in the church of San Giovanni in Lucca
Lucca
Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...

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There is a painting by Giovanni Marracci in the Museum of Fine Arts,Budapest("Saint Paulino Destroying Idols")
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