Giovanni Battista Merano

Giovanni Battista Merano
Born	1632 Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Died	1698 (65–66)
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Fresco in San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma, 1687

Giovanni Battista Merano (1632–1698[1]) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa.

Biography

Merano was born in Genoa, Republic of Genoa. He was one of the pupils of Valerio Castello. He spent some years in Parma, returning after the death of Castello, and painted in various churches. He returned to Parma in 1668, where he soon obtained a pension from the Duke Ranuccio II.

Giovanni Battista Merano appears unrelated to Francesco Merano.

In 1698, he painted in the town of San Remo. Among his disciples were Giovanni Battista Resoaggi and Davide Campi.[2][3]

Works

• Painted the chapel in the Ducal Palace of Colorno.
• Frescoes for the chapels of the church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma belonging to the Benedictines.

References

1. A Biographical History of the Fine Arts, or Memoirs of the Lives and Works, by Shearjashub Spooner, page 552.
2. Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 175.
3. Soprani, Raffaello (1769). Carlo Giuseppe Ratti (ed.). Delle vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti genovesi; Tomo secundo scritto da Carlo Giuseppe Ratti. Genoa: Stamperia Casamara. pp. 61–68.

External links