Francesco Antonio Caneti
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Francesco Antonio Caneti (1652–1721) was an Italian
miniature painter of the Baroque
period. He was born at Cremona
, where he was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Natali
. He afterwards became a Capuchin monk.
Italy
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miniature painter of the 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...
period. He was born at Cremona
Cremona
Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...
, where he was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Natali
Giovanni Battista Natali
Giovanni Battista Natali was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active in his natal city of Piacenza, but also Savona, Lucca, and Naples, and finally Genoa in 1736-References:...
. He afterwards became a Capuchin monk.