Gaspare Diziani

Gaspare Diziani (1689, 1767) was a prolific Italian Baroque painter and draughtsman from Venice, trained under Sebastiano Ricci and later influenced by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. He was celebrated for his large-scale religious and mythological ceiling paintings, as well as his lively oil sketches and drawings that demonstrate a spirited, loose handling of paint. His works can be found in churches, palaces, and major museum collections across Europe.