Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giovanni Pietro Bellori

Italian painter and biographer

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1613

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 19-Feb-1696

Profession: librarian, historian, curator, biographer, painter, art historian, archaeologist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Giovanni Pietro Bellori (15 January 1613 – 19 February 1696), also known as Giovan Pietro Bellori or Gian Pietro Bellori, was an Italian painter and antiquarian, but, more famously, a prominent biographer of artists of the 17th century, equivalent to Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century.
His Lives of the Artists (Vite de' Pittori, Scultori et Architetti Moderni), published in 1672, was influential in consolidating and promoting the theoretical case for classical idealism in art.
As an art historical biographer, he favoured classicising artists rather than Baroque artists to the extent of omitting some of the key artistic figures of 17th-century art altogether.



Alternative names	Carlo Maratti
Description	Italian painter
Date of birth/death	15 May 1625	15 December 1713
Location of birth/death	Camerano near Ancona, Italy	Rome
Work period	Baroque
Work location	Rome
Authority control	: Q538998 VIAF: 20490339 ISNI: 0000 0000 8099 9993 ULAN: 500118927 LCCN: n91127105 WGA: MARATTI, Carlo WorldCat