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Giovanni Battista Monti

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Giovanni Battista Monti (died 1657) was an Italian painter of portraits during the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He emerged from a poor family, and was apprenticed with Luciano Borzone. He died from the plague in 1657.

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  • Soprani, Raffaello (1768). Carlo Giuseppe Ratti (ed.). Delle vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti genovesi; Tomo primo scritto da Carlo Giuseppe Ratti. Genoa: Stamperia Casamara. pp. 257–258. Genovesi Raffaello Soprani.