- Pietro Liberi
Pietro (Libertino) Liberi (
1605 -18 October ,1687 ) was an Italian painter of theBaroque era, active mainly inVenice and the Veneto.Liberi was born in
Padua , his earliest training was withAlessandro Varotari ("il Padovanino"). He traveled extensively in Italy. During a voyage toIstanbul , he was captured into bondage for 8 months by pirates fromTunis . He was nicknamed "il Libertino" due to his frequent choice of salacious themes in cabinet pieces [ [http://www.rollins.edu/cfam/permanent_collection/permanent_collection_selections.shtml#| Crowning of Europa] and [http://www.montauban.com/connection_ingres/P-auteur1/INDEX.HTM| le Roi Candaule] ] .His masterpiece, is likely the alatarpiece of "Sant' Elena finding the Cross" for the church of
San Moisè in Venice. He was the first president of the Academy of Painters of Venice [cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 84| publisher= Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters | authorlink= ] . He painted frescoes of the "Battle of the Dardanelles" for theDoge's palace ; the "Slaughter of the Innocents" for the church of the Ognissanti in Venice; "Noah leaving the Ark" in the cathedral atVicenza ; and the "Deluge" at Santa Maria Maggiore atBergamo [M. Farquhar, p. 84.] .External links
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/liberi_pietro.html| Artcyclopedia entry]
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