Ludovico Mazzanti

(b Rome, 5 Dec 1686; d Orvieto, nr Terni, 29 Aug 1775). Italian painter. He served his apprenticeship under Giovanni Battista Gaulli from 1700 onwards and was influenced by the classicism of Maratti as well as by the Baroque tendencies of Lanfranco in the refined form found in the work of Giovanni Battista Beinaschi (1638-88). His painting was produced in the cultural climate of the Society of Arcadia and the Accademia di S Luca, which included Odazzi and other Roman decorative artists. He took part in the Concorsi Clementini in 1703-5 and 1708, becoming a member of the Accademia di S Luca in 1744 and of the Accademia Clementina in 1748.

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