Pietro Guarienti
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Pietro Guarienti was an Italian
painter and art-biographer of the late-Baroque
period, active mainly in Bologna
. He was born in Verona
, then traveled to Bologna
and Venice
. He became the pupil of the painter Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Falcieri. In 1746, he became the godfather of Bernardo Bellotto
’s daughter. Bellotto was to become court painter in Dresden
in 1748. He was made director of the Dresden art gallery by Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
, and is best known for the addenda, specially detailing the stories of the vedutisti he wrote to Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi
’s Abecedario Pittorico, published in Venice in 1753.
Italy
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painter and art-biographer 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...
period, active mainly in Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
. He was born in Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
, then traveled to Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
and Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
. He became the pupil of the painter Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Falcieri. In 1746, he became the godfather of Bernardo Bellotto
Bernardo Bellotto
Bernardo Bellotto was a Venitian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching famous for his vedutes of European cities . He was the pupil and nephew of Canaletto and sometimes used the latter's illustrious name, signing himself as Bernardo Canaletto...
’s daughter. Bellotto was to become court painter in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
in 1748. He was made director of the Dresden art gallery by Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
This article is about King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony. For the elector Frederick Augustus III, see Frederick Augustus I of Saxony.Frederick Augustus III was the last King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.Born in Dresden, Frederick Augustus was the son of King George of Saxony...
, and is best known for the addenda, specially detailing the stories of the vedutisti he wrote to Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi
Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi
Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi was an Italian writer and art historian, author of the Abecedario pittorico .Born in Bologna, Orlandi joined the city’s Carmelite convent of San Martino...
’s Abecedario Pittorico, published in Venice in 1753.