Sebastiano Galeotti

Place: Florence

Born: 1656

Death: 1746

Biography:

Sebastiano Galeotti was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period. He was born in Florence in 1656 and died in Mondovì in 1746. He was a pupil of Alessandro Gherardini, Felice Torelli, and Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole. He collaborated with Giovanni Domenico Ferretti or Francesco Natali of Cremona in some projects, and among his pupils were Vincenzo Meucci. He painted with Natali in the Oratory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Parma. He helped decorate with frescoes the rooms of the Farnese Rocca in Sala Baganza. He decorated the church of the Magdalen in Genoa. In Turin, he was appointed director of the Academy, the precursor of the Accademia Albertina. His son Giuseppe was active in Liguria as a painter.