Giovanni Battista Merano Explained

Giovanni Battista Merano
Birth Date:	1632
Birth Place:	Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Death Date:	1698
Nationality:	Italian
Field:	Painting
Movement:	Baroque

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. https://books.google.com/books?id=SSUoAAAAYAAJ A Biographical History of the Fine Arts, or Memoirs of the Lives and Works
2. Book: 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.. 175 . Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. Venice; Googlebooks .
3. Book: Soprani, Raffaello. 1769. Delle vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti genovesi; Tomo secundo scritto da Carlo Giuseppe Ratti . Carlo Giuseppe Ratti . 61–68. Stamperia Casamara . Genoa .