- Niccolò Berrettoni
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Niccolò Berrettoni (1637–1682) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He trained with Simone Cantarini then worked with Carlo Maratta. Among his paintings in Rome was a Madonna with St. Francis and others in Santa Maria di Montesanto; a Marriage of the Virgin for the main altar of San Lorenzo in Borgo, engraved by Pier Santi Bartoli; and a Holy Family for Santa Maria in Monte Santo, engraved by Frezza. Berrettoni was born at Montefeltro near Macerata. He joined the Academy in that city in 1675.
References
- Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves. ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. page 118. http://books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=DICTIONARY+AACHEN+AALST&as_brr=1.
Categories:- 1637 births
- 1682 deaths
- Italian painters
- Italian Baroque painters
- Italian painter, 17th century birth stubs
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