Giovanni Stefano Robatto
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Giovanni Stefano Robatto (1649–1733) was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period. He was born at Savona
. He studied at Rome
under Carlo Maratti. He was employed painting for churches in Genoa
, among his works, a St. Francis receiving the Stigmata for the church of the Cappucini. He afterwords abandoned himself to a fatal passion for gaming, and his later works are hasty and careless.
Italy
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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 Savona
Savona
Savona is a seaport and comune in the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea....
. He studied at Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
under Carlo Maratti. He was employed painting for churches in Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, among his works, a St. Francis receiving the Stigmata for the church of the Cappucini. He afterwords abandoned himself to a fatal passion for gaming, and his later works are hasty and careless.