Giuseppe Natali (1652–1722) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and active mainly in Cremona and Lombardy.

Biography

He was born in Casalmaggiore, near Cremona. He was the son of a Giovanni Battista Natali (Bologna, c 1630 - Cremona, c 1700) and grandson of Carlo Natali (il Guardolino), and pupil of Pietro da Cortona in Rome. He later returned to work in Cremona.[1]

He became a noted painter of quadratura, and received his first training locally from Girolamo Pellizoni Crescini.[2]. Natali was influenced by painters of this genre in Rome and Bologna, including Girolamo Curti, Angelo Michele Colonna, and Agostino Mitelli. His brothers Francesco, Lorenzo, and Pietro were assistants in his studio. He had a son and nephew, named Giovanni Battista Natali, both painters.

Among his works in Cremona, are frescoes for the following sites:[3]

References

  1. ^ La pittura cremonese, by Principe Bartolommeo de Soresina Vidoni, page 137-137.
  2. ^ Memorie degli uomini illustri di Casalmaggiore, Volume 9, by Abate Giovanni Romani, (1830) page 493.
  3. ^ Memorie degli uomini illustri di Casalmaggiore, Volume 9, 1830, page 492-498.


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