Giovanni Battista Manna
Giovanni Battista Manna (c. 1570 – 1640) was an Italian painter and poet.
Biography[edit]
Giovanni Battista Manna was born in Catania, but after youthful training in his native town, he moved to Rome. He also branched into writing poetic pastorals and idylls, including Licandro, a tragicomic pastoral play. He became a member of the following learned societies, such as the Accademia degli Umoristi in Rome, degli Oziosi in Naples, and the dei Riaccesi of Palermo.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli Artisti, Emporeo biografico metodico, volume 10. Venice (1860); Googlebooks: Co' Tipi di Gondolieri. p. 603.
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