Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754) was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes. The Piazzetta, together with Giambattista Pittoni, Giovan Battista Tiepolo, Canaletto, Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Francesco Guardi forms the traditional great Old Masters painters of the 18th-century. Read more...