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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1683Feb, 13

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian painter (d. 1754)
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754) was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes.

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