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Giovanni Battista Grati was born in Bologna on 8 August 1681. He received his first education in the field of letters and, soon, his father introduced him to the study of drawing with Ludovico Mattioli. Read the full biography

Giovanni Battista Grati was born in Bologna on 8 August 1681. He received his first education in the field of letters and, soon, his father introduced him to the study of drawing with Ludovico Mattioli. Subsequently, Grati moved to the school of Lorenzo Pasinelli where he perfected his education by copying the paintings of the "first masters" and the paintings of Palazzo Fava. Finally, he concluded his training with Giovan Gioseffo Dal Sole. After traveling to several cities, including Bolzano and Cortona, he returned to Bologna in 1719, where he was appointed Prince of the Clementine Academy. He died on 6 December 1758 in Bologna.