What region of Italy did Giovanni Giarola paint in?
Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia (] , also ] ; Emilian: "Rèz" , Latin: "Regium Lepidi" ) is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 171,400 inhabitants and is the main "comune" (municipality) of the Province of Reggio Emilia.
Giovanni Quagliata Giovanni Quagliata (1603–1673) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He is more properly known in Italy as Giovan Battista Quagliata (and Giambattista Quagliata), one of the leading artists of the Messinesi painters of the 17th century, as described by in his book "The Lives of the Messinesi Painters" published in 1724. Giovanni was born in Messina, Italy. He was a pupil of Pietro da Cortona and enjoyed the patronage and friendship of the Spanish Viceroy of Sicily, Don Juan José of Austria (Viceroy from 1649–1651; also known as John of Austria the Younger). Giovanni's brother, Andrea Quagliata (born in 1594 or 1599, and died in 1660), was also an historical painter, but of lesser significance.