Giovanni Girolamo Frezza

:"For the Italian film actor of the 1980s, see Giovanni Frezza".

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1659-1730) was an Italian engraver. He was born in Canemorto, near Tivoli, and died in Rome. He was instructed in engraving at Rome by Arnold van Westerhout.

His engravings include:
*Frescoes by Francesco Albani in the Verospi Palace.
*Seventeen plates depicting pictures in the church of Santa Maria in Montesanto at Rome by Niccolo Berrettoni.
*"The Virgin suckling the Infant" after Lodovico Carracci.
*"Holy Family", "Assumption of the Virgin", "The Twelve Months", "Judgment of Paris" after Carlo Maratti.
*"The Riposo in Egypt" called the Zingarella; after Correggio.
*"The Descent of the Holy Ghost" after Reni.
*Polyphemus on rock, and Galatea and her Nymphs" & "Polyphemus hurling rock at Acis and Galatea" after Sisto Badalocchio from Palazzo Farnese ceiling.
*" V.P. Ioseph Anchieta Soc Iesv in Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil

References

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