Place: Piedmont
Biography:
Giovanni Battista Brambilla was an Italian painter born in Piedmont, Italy. He was a pupil of Carlo Delfino and painted for churches in Turin, including a Martyrdom of St. Dalmazio for the church dedicated to that saint. He also painted altarpieces for churches in Villafranca. The Equestrian Portrait of Carlo Emanuele II, Duke of Savoy and of Vittorio Amedeo II, Prince of Piedmont (c. 1675) are on exhibit at the Palazzo Madama of Turin.