Carlo Natali, also known as il Guardolino, (circa 1592- 1683) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Cremona and Bologna
Carlo was initially a pupil of the Mannerist painters Andrea Mainardi and Giovanni Battista Trotti in Cremona. He then moved to train with Guido Reni. He then moved to Rome and then Genoa. In Genoa, he painted a frieze for the Palazzo Doria, where he met Giulio Cesare Procaccini (died 1628). He returned to Cremona where he worked in the fabbrica of the Cathedral until his death.
Carlo was the father of one of the Italian painters named Giovanni Battista Natali. This Natali was born in Bologna, circa 1630 and died in Cremona, circa 1700. He became a pupil of Pietro da Cortona in Rome, returned to work in Cremona. This Giovanni Battista was father of Giuseppe Natali (1652-1725). [1]
Guido Reni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but also mythological and allegorical subjects. Active in Rome, Naples, and his native Bologna, he became the dominant figure in the Bolognese School that emerged under the influence of the Carracci.
Francesco Albani or Albano was an Italian Baroque painter of Albanian origin who was active in Bologna, Rome, Viterbo (1609–1610), Mantua (1621–1622) and Florence (1633).
Carlo Cignani was an Italian painter. His innovative style referred to as his 'new manner' introduced a reflective, intimate mood of painting and presaged the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, as well as those of Simone Cantarini. This gentle manner marked a break with the more energetic style of earlier Bolognese classicism of the Bolognese School of painting.
Valerio Castello born in Genoa, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and one of the pre-eminent Ligurian painters of his time. His art drew inspiration from a wide range of sources. He painted on canvas and fresco.
Domenico Fiasella was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa. He was nicknamed Il Sarzana, after his birthplace.
Antonio Calza (1658–1725) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
Giuseppe Natali (1652–1722) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and active mainly in Cremona and Lombardy.
Sebastiano Galeotti (1656–1746) was a peripatetic Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active in Florence, Genoa, Parma, Piacenza, Codogno, Lodi, Cremona, Milan, Vicenza, Bergamo, and Turin.
Tommaso Aldrovandini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He mainly painted perspective views and architectural subjects (quadratura), in which the figures were painted by Marcantonio Franceschini and Carlo Cignani. He decorated churches, palaces, and theaters in Forlì, Verona, Venice, Parma, Turin, Ferrara, and Genoa, and especially in his native Bologna. Among his pupils was Giovanni Benedetto Paolazzi.
Giuseppe Bottani was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period.
Giovanni Battista Merano (1632–1698) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa.
Pietro Bianchi was an Italian painter of the Baroque and early Rococo periods, active in Genoa and Rome. While his work is noted for its quality and beauty, his perfectionism and constant reworking of his paintings meant that his extant output is sparse.
Giovanni Battista Natali, also known as Joan(nes) or Ioannes Baptista Natali, was an Italian painter and draughtsman of the late-Baroque period, active in his natal (?) city of Piacenza,[apparent contradiction] but also Savona, Lucca, and Naples, and finally Genoa in 1736.
Giovanni Maria delle Piane was an aristocratic Genovese who served as primary court painter for over 60 years in the late-Baroque period. He is also known as "il Molinaretto".
Giovanni Battista Tortiroli (1621-1651) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
Giovanni Enrico Vaymer was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
Francesco Mancini was an Italian painter whose works are known between 1719 and 1756. He was the pupil of Carlo Cignani.
Giuseppe Galeòtti (1708-1778) was an Italian painter, active in a Baroque style, mainly in Liguria.
Andrea Mainardi, also known as il Chiaveghino, was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active in Cremona.
Eleonora Monti was an 18th-century Italian artist best known as a portraitist. She spent much of her career in the city of Brescia, Italy, but is also affiliated with the city of Bologna. She was made an honorary member of the Accademia Clementina in Bologna in 1767, one of few women painters at the time to be recognized institutionally.