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From Piedmont to Rome Giovanni Battista Beinaschi was born in Fossano, Piedmont, in 1636. His earliest years are imperfectly documented, although Bernardo de’ Dominici, writing in the eighteenth century, records that he initially studied with the portraitist known as Monsù Esprit Grandjean, who was active in Turin during the 1640s. According to the same biographer,Continue reading “Giovanni Battista Beinaschi (1636–1688): Between Rome and Naples”