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”’Giovan Battista Dell’Era”’ ( |
”’Giovan Battista Dell’Era”’ ()<ref>Caini quotes dates as </ref> was an Italian painter. |
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He was the son of a [[Brass|brazier]], but his predilection for art induced him to go to [[Bergamo]] and become a pupil of [[Francesco Capella|Francesco Dagiù, called Capella]]. In 1785 he went to Rome, and there befriended [[Angelica Kauffman]], with whom he painted several pictures. For the [[Catherine the Great|Empress Catharine]] of Russia, he copied seven of the best masterpieces in the galleries of Rome. He painted the theater curtain (sipario) for the Theater at [[Arezzo]]. He died at Florence in 1798. His best work is the ”Esther before Ahasuerus” for the basilica of San Martino in [[Alzano Lombardo|Alzano Maggiore]], near Bergamo. His son Raffaele who was also training as an artist died in Florence at 33 years of age. |
He was the son of a [[Brass|brazier]], but his predilection for art induced him to go to [[Bergamo]] and become a pupil of [[Francesco Capella|Francesco Dagiù, called Capella]]. In 1785 he went to Rome, and there befriended [[Angelica Kauffman]], with whom he painted several pictures. For the [[Catherine the Great|Empress Catharine]] of Russia, he copied seven of the best masterpieces in the galleries of Rome. He painted the theater curtain (sipario) for the Theater at [[Arezzo]]. He died at Florence in 1798. His best work is the ”Esther before Ahasuerus” for the basilica of San Martino in [[Alzano Lombardo|Alzano Maggiore]], near Bergamo. His son Raffaele who was also training as an artist died in Florence at 33 years of age. |
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Latest revision as of 03:42, 6 November 2025
Italian painter
Giovan Battista Dell’Era (1765–1798)[1] was an Italian painter.
He was born in Treviglio. He was the son of a brazier, but his predilection for art induced him to go to Bergamo and become a pupil of Francesco Dagiù, called Capella. In 1785 he went to Rome, and there befriended Angelica Kauffman, with whom he painted several pictures. For the Empress Catharine of Russia, he copied seven of the best masterpieces in the galleries of Rome. He painted the theater curtain (sipario) for the Theater at Arezzo. He died at Florence in 1798. His best work is the Esther before Ahasuerus for the basilica of San Martino in Alzano Maggiore, near Bergamo. His son Raffaele who was also training as an artist died in Florence at 33 years of age.
- ^ Caini quotes dates as 1757–1809
Attribution:
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). “Dellera, Giovanni”. In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
