Giovanni Lorenzo Bertolotti

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Giovanni Lorenzo Bertolotti (1640-1721) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Genoa.

He trained under Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Bertolotto contributed paintings to the Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina and the Basilica della SS Annunziata. He painted a 'Visitation of the Virgin to St. Elizabeth for the church of La Visitazione.

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