Giuseppe Antonio Orelli

Giuseppe Antonio Felice Orelli, also referred to as Giovanni Antonio, (13 February 1700 or 1706- died after 1776 ) was a Swiss-Italian painter, mainly of sacred subjects, active in a late baroque style.

He was born in Locarno in the Ticino, but active also in Milan and Bergamo.

He studied in Milan under Giovanni Battista Sassi, a pupil of Francesco Solimena.

He painted for the church of San Bartolomeo in Bergamo.

He is the father of Vicenzo Angelo, who was also a painter in Bergamo.

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