Giuseppe Ghezzi (November 6, 1634[1]–1721) was an Italian painter of theBaroque period, active mainly inRome.
Born inComunanza, in theMarche (then part of thePapal States), he was the son of the painterSebastiano Ghezzi, a painter and architect for the papacy ofPope Urban VIII.[2] Sebastiano died when Giuseppe was only 11 years old, and he was sent toFermo to study philosophy and letters, but took also painting instruction underLorenzino da Fermo. He then moved toRome where he chose painting over law studies. He painted in many Roman churches.[3]
He painted in the style ofPietro da Cortona. Giuseppe Ghezzi was the firstsecretary in perpetuity for theAccademia di San Luca in Rome. He was the father of the more prominent caricaturistPier Leone Ghezzi (born June 28, 1674). Another son, Placido, was Apostolic Protonotary.[4] Giuseppe was also a mentor toPietro da Pietri (1634–1721).
On December 10, 1676, he borrowed a number of privately owned works byVenetian masters and exhibited them in the cloisters ofSan Salvatore in Lauro in Rome. He published a book of collected poems about art that describes an academic competition.[5]
Ghezzi died in Rome in 1721. Among his disciples was a Pietro di Pietri of Novara.[6]
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