Pietro da Cortona
Italian painter and architect
Pietro da Cortona was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an... Wikipedia
Born: November 1, 1596, Cortona, Italy
Died: May 16, 1669 (age 72 years), Rome, Italy
Period: Baroque
On view: Capitoline Museums, Rijksmuseum, The Getty, and more
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