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an Italian painter, was born at Poll, in 1623, and studied under Cav. Gio. Lanfranco. His best works are said to be at Gaeta, where he painted in the Nunziata a picture of the Virgin and Infant Christ; Ten Angels, in the inferior part of the Duomo; and over the altar the Martyrdom of St. Erasmus, bishop of Gaeta. He died in 1691. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.