Giuseppe Ghezzi

Place: Comunanza

Born: 1634

Death: 1721

Biography:

Giuseppe Ghezzi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born in Comunanza, Italy in 1634. He was the son of Sebastiano Ghezzi, a painter and architect for the papacy of Pope Urban VIII. Giuseppe moved to Rome where he chose painting over law studies. He painted in many Roman churches and in the style of Pietro da Cortona. Giuseppe Ghezzi was the first secretary in perpetuity for the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. He was the father of the more prominent caricaturist Pier Leone Ghezzi. Giuseppe died in Rome in 1721.