Carlo Cesare Malvasia was an Italian scholar and art historian from Bologna, best known for his biographies of Baroque artists titled Felsina pittrice, published in 1678. Wikipedia
Born: December 18, 1616, Bologna, Italy
Died: March 9, 1693 (age 76 years), Bologna, Italy
Influenced by: Giorgio Vasari, Marco Boschini, and Daniel Papebroch