Pietro Nelli
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Pietro Nelli (1672-after 1730) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.
He was born in Massa, where he had been a pupil of Giovanni Maria Morandi in Rome. He was known for his portraits including those of Cardinal Lodovico Pico (engraved by Frey); Andrea Giuseppe Rossi (engraved by Niccolo Billy); and Bishop Giovanni Francesco Tenderini (engraved by Giovanni Battista Rossi (engraver)).
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- Bryan, Michael (1889). in Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, pages 205-206.