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Considered the maximum representative of rococo painting in Rome during the first half of the 18th century and a referent for various generations of Spanish painters, this artist produced abundant oil paintings and most of all, frescoes. He studied with Saverio Porta until 1719, moving to Naples in 1721 to work under the tutelage of Nicola Maria Rossi, a follower of Francesco Solimena. His deep st
According to historian Girolamo Tiraboschi, Antonio Joli was a disciple of perspective painter Raffaelo Menia Rinaldi in Modena and later, in Rome, of Giovanni Paolo Panini, a painter of idealized landscapes with classical ruins whose influence on Joli's style was decisive. In 1732, Joli began his career painting theater sets in Venice, one of the most important centers for Italian opera at that t