Roger de Piles' artists from Lombardy


Roger de Piles's L'Abrégé de la vie des peintres...avec un traité du peintre parfait Sketch of the perfect painter, 2) Greek painters; 3) Painters from Rome & Florence; 4) Painters from Venice; 5) Painters from Lombardy; 6) Painters from Germany and the Low Countries; 7) Painters from France and ending with his famous "Balance of painters". The book was finally published in 1699 following his appointment as Conseiller Honoraire to the Académie de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.
Part 5, Painters from Lombardy, includes in order of appearance in the text, the following list of artists: